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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K


                             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
                          TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): April 21, 2004


                                 FOOTSTAR, INC.
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



                                    DELAWARE
                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

          1-11681                                       22-3439443
 (Commission File Number)                  (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

      1 CROSFIELD AVENUE
     WEST NYACK, NEW YORK                                10994
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)               (Zip Code)

                                 (845) 727-6500
              (Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

                                       N/A
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 5.    OTHER EVENTS.

           As previously disclosed, on March 2, 2004, Footstar, Inc. (the
"Company") and substantially all of its subsidiaries (collectively, the
"Debtors") filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 of title 11, United States
Code (the "Bankruptcy Code") in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
Southern District of New York (the "Court") (Case No. 04-22350 (ASH)). The
Debtors remain in possession of their assets and properties, and continue to
operate their businesses and manage their properties as debtors-in-possession
pursuant to sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code.

           On April 21, 2004 the Company issued a press release, a copy of which
is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein,
announcing that the Court approved the sale of approximately 350 Footaction
stores to Foot Locker, Inc.

ITEM 7.    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

           (c)  Exhibits

           Exhibit No.      Exhibit
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              99.1          Press release of the Company dated April 21, 2004.





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                                   SIGNATURES

           Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date:  April 22, 2004
                                            FOOTSTAR, INC.


                                            By: /s/ Maureen Richards
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                                                Maureen Richards
                                                Senior Vice President, General
                                                Counsel and Corporate Secretary




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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

     Exhibit No.                        Description
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       99.1                  Press release of the Company dated April 21, 2004.







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