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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _StopStatusUpdateThread(self):
 """Stops the status update thread."""

    self._status_update_active = False
    if self._status_update_thread.isAlive():
      self._status_update_thread.join()
    self._status_update_thread = None