Help with removing a displayObject

programming flash
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I need help badly, I’ve tried to google this several times with no luck.

I’m loading in an external swf with the code below (which works great), but occasionally I need to clear out “gameHolder” with a call of “removeChild(gameHolder);” but it doesn’t work. I believe it is because the contents of “gameHolder” is a displayObject instead of a movieClip.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

function load_game()
{
    var mLoader:Loader = new Loader(); 
    var mRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("game.swf"); 
    mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onCompleteHandler); 
        mLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onProgressHandler); 
        mLoader.load(mRequest); 
    }
}

function onCompleteHandler(loadEvent:Event) 
{         
    gameHolder = addChild(loadEvent.currentTarget.content); 
    gameHolder.addEventListener( "gameFinished", finishEventReceived, false, 0, true ); 
}