How to remove an apostrophe?

sfhazel has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am using the following code to do two things. First, I split the full filename by the slash, so I can remove the directory from the name. Then, once I have the file name, I try to remove the apostrophe. Well, This is where my problem is. The apostrophe remains no matter what I do. I've even tried using split to get rid of it, but to no avail. So, my question is: Am I retarded?

@string_parts = split(/\\/,$fullName);
foreach $part (@string_parts){ 
    $newName = $part;
}
$newName =~ s/\'//g;
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2005-10-12 Retitled by Arunbear, as per Monastery guidelines
Original title: 'Am I Retarded?'

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