++ for the original. I'm posting an updated example because some changes to the module seem to have borked your example. This is an in place stripper--based on the one you posted--with the newer/working syntax. 

sub strip_html {
    my $renew = "";
    my $p = HTML::TokeParser::Simple->new(\$_[0]);
    no warnings "uninitialized";
    while ( my $token = $p->get_token ) {
        next if ! $token->is_text
            and
            exists $HTML::Tagset::isKnown{ $token->get_tag };
        $renew .= $token->as_is;
    }
    $_[0] = $renew;
}

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In reply to Re^2: Strip HTML tags again by Your Mother
in thread Strip HTML tags again by dda

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