Are Forums Dead?

I happened to see one interesting blog post about correlation of blogs and forums called Web Content Thursday: Are Forums Dead?.
The blog author says that forums are declining across the web. I never thought the forums can be replaced by blogs or whatever. Here is a part of this article:

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A few weeks ago I read this excellent post by Randa Clay on reasons every blogger should participate in forums.
I have to say that I agree with Randa’s list of forum participation benefits. My own experience with forums has been extremely positive. In fact, I might not even be blogging today if it hadn’t been for those that I ‘met’ through online forums.
Yet, just a few days after reading Randa’s post, two of my favorite blogging forums closed down for good.

What do you think about it? Are forums gonna be in the past in the near future?