TS1381 Apple keyboard weirdness...no capital 'E' via left Shift key...?

Suddenly, today, I cannot type a capital 'e' using the left SHIFT key. Using the left SHIFT key can create capitals of all other letters... and the right SHIFT key and CAPS LOCK keys can product capital 'e's with no problem... but the combination of the left SHIFT key and the 'e' does nothing... no lower case 'e'... nothing. Restart did nada. I'm running a USB Apple ketboard with number pad and OSX 10.7.5.
Any ideas?

Sadly this happens to me with the same key and like you the situation can be mitigated with the use of the caps lock too.

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