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re: Curious...how far in advance do they have these retro pieces on dead celebs?
Posted on 6/4/16 at 1:07 pm to oysterpoboy365
Posted on 6/4/16 at 1:07 pm to oysterpoboy365
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What other celebs do you think the networks have the obit already written on?
I guarantee you there is a paper somewhere that has a Johnny Manziel obit ready to fly.
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Posted on 6/4/16 at 1:08 pm to tigerpimpbot
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Ali has been pretty sick for a while. It's not like you need Nostradamus running the sports department to figure out that an international icon like Ali might go soon so have some clips ready.
I'm guessing they also have Betty White, Jimmy Carter, and George HW Bush ready to go base on their age. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger due to their lifestyle. Charlie Sheen because he has HIV.
But there are other people who would catch them off guard if anything happened. A lot of celebrities are young, well adjusted, and in good health.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 1:43 pm to Bestbank Tiger
Billy Graham dies of heroin overdose will never see the light of day, for instance. But it is probably already written up and filed somewhere. Because you just never know.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 2:36 pm to oysterpoboy365
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What other celebs do you think the networks have the obit already written on?
I would bet plenty, especially if they are household names: Beyoncé, Adele, Kanye, Affleck, Biebs, Obama, Bushes, Clintons, Limbaugh, any of the Kardashians...
When I learned about newspapers in the 6the grade, it was called "The future file", and I'm sure that a lot of reporters-print and TV/radio cut their teeth doing these stories.
Posted on 6/4/16 at 2:40 pm to LuckySo-n-So
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Adele
Not sure if they would do that. She doesn't have any health or behavioral issues that would cause her to die anytime soon. It would have to be an accident.
You only have so much time to compile those pieces, so you would have to spend it on more likely outcomes (old people and trainwrecks).
Posted on 6/4/16 at 2:43 pm to oysterpoboy365
Interesting article on Wikipedia that lists premature obituaries.
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Whitney Cerak (student) was thought to have died in April 2006 when a van from Taylor University collided with a tractor trailer, leaving five dead. 1400 people attended her funeral. Fellow student Laura VanRyn was thought to have survived the accident, which left her in a coma and heavily bandaged. Suspicions were only aroused when during her gradual recovery in the hospital, VanRyn started making strange comments and using names wrongly; her university roommate also reported that she did not appear to be VanRyn. Weeks after the accident, when concerned hospital staff asked her her name, she wrote 'Whitney Cerak', which was confirmed by dental records. The tragic mix-up appeared to have been caused by Cerak's and VanRyn's somewhat similar appearance, and confusion at the crash scene.
This post was edited on 6/4/16 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 6/4/16 at 2:57 pm to Bestbank Tiger
I just typed a response arguing with you. Then I remembered what Rex did to all those celebs at the end of 2015 and start of 2016.
I was wrong. There are no stories in Adele. She won't die anytime soon. She will be alive and well on Nov. 2 when I see her in Dallas.
I was wrong. There are no stories in Adele. She won't die anytime soon. She will be alive and well on Nov. 2 when I see her in Dallas.
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