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HTML

<div><p>Some content</p></div>

<div id="container"><p class='destroy'>Some content that will go away</p></div>

<div><p>Some content</p></div>

CSS

#container {color:white;background-color:blue;height:20px}

JavaScript

jQuery('.destroy').click(function(){
    jQuery(this).fadeOut('slow',function(){
        jQuery('#container').slideUp();
    })
})