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Publications have pre-written obituaries for famous people to make sure they can respond immediately when somebody famous dies. Occasionally these obituaries ge
by tikhonj 6y ago
Publications have pre-written obituaries for famous people to make sure they can respond immediately when somebody famous dies. Occasionally these obituaries get published in response to incorrect rumors or simply through some kind of internal error—always a bit awkward!
- colejohnson66 6y agoThat’s actually how we got the Nobel Prizes. Nobel was famous for inventing dynamite. After his brother died, some newspapers reported his death with their prewritten obituary about how “The merchant of death is dead”. After seeing that, he changed his outlook and modified his will to create the Nobel Prizes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize
- toomanybeersies 6y agoI particularly appreciate the irony in the Nobel Peace Prize, especially as Henry Kissinger is a laureate.
- yellowapple 6y agoGood ol' Henry Kissinger, one of only two Nobel Peace Prize laureates with the distinction of having bombed another Nobel Peace Prize laureate.