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disease-pests Sudden Leaf Drop, what is this?

Hi, 
 
My jalapeños and habeneros seem fine, but several of my "sweet hot" plants experienced sudden and extreme leaf drop. Most of the leaves of one plant fell in a matter of several days. Anyone know what this is? I pulled the plants since I was worried about it spreading. 
 
The peppers on the plants seemed unaffected. My tomatoes have had some early blight issues, but it hadn't seemed to bother the peppers -- this seems like quite a sudden leaf drop. 

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