Left Shift-I Non-Functional

Strangest thing. Left Shift-I does not register, not even in Keyboard Viewer on an Intel iMac. Right Shift-I works, and left Shift with any other key works. Tried checking they keyboard mapping and all the suggestions in the Help. Rebooted. Running 10.6.8.
Anything to try before an OS re-install?

I think I found the issue.
I opened the Keyboard Viewer and it looked like the down arrow key was stuck down, although mechanically it felt ok. I tapped it hard a few times and the screen showed it was unstuck. After that, Shift-I is working.
Very strange.

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