Replace unicode characters with characters (Javascript)

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Take for example the following string:

“A profile of Mr. T, the A Team’s most well known member.”

How do I use javascript replace the unicode character encodings and convert that to the following:

"A profile of Mr. T, the A Team's most well known member."

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user2129607 On BEST ANSWER

@adeneo posted an option using jQuery. Here's a relevant answer I found that doesn't use jQuery. From this answer: What's the right way to decode a string that has special HTML entities in it?

function parseHtmlEnteties(str) {
    return str.replace(/&#([0-9]{1,4});/gi, function(match, numStr) {
        var num = parseInt(numStr, 10); // read num as normal number
        return String.fromCharCode(num);
    });
}