Not dead yet!
Is it just me or does everyone wonder what might be said at their funeral?
Country star Chad Morgan got the shock of his life yesterday when a radio station reported he had passed away. Mark and I chatted to him earlier this morning and can confirm he is alive and well at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
It’s not the first time someone has been mistakenly reported dead. Remember a few years ago when an obituary writer preparing for the Queen Mother’s demise accidentally posted his work on the internet and news organisations around the world went crazy?
I always thought that would have been depressing for the poor Queen Mum the moment she realise the whole world was expecting her to cark it - any damn second!
My next door neighbour Jeff Watson (who is standing in division 8 - upcoming council elections) told me another beauty yesterday – apparently the most famous "mistaken obituary" was Alfred Nobel.
A French newspaper printed the headline - "The merchant of death is dead" The story began "Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday." Apparently Dr Nobel made his fortune inventing dynamite.
Anyway, when he read his own obituary, Nobel was so shocked at the newspaper's summary of his life that he decided he wanted to change the way he would be remembered.
So, before he died he committed millions to set up a special prize, now known as the Nobel Peace Prize. Hopefully, he got a much nicer obituary because of it!
The other famous "mistaken obituary" was when the New York Journal reported the death of author Mark Twain had died. Mark Twain responded with a telegram: "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
Country star Chad Morgan got the shock of his life yesterday when a radio station reported he had passed away. Mark and I chatted to him earlier this morning and can confirm he is alive and well at the Tamworth Country Music Festival.
It’s not the first time someone has been mistakenly reported dead. Remember a few years ago when an obituary writer preparing for the Queen Mother’s demise accidentally posted his work on the internet and news organisations around the world went crazy?
I always thought that would have been depressing for the poor Queen Mum the moment she realise the whole world was expecting her to cark it - any damn second!
My next door neighbour Jeff Watson (who is standing in division 8 - upcoming council elections) told me another beauty yesterday – apparently the most famous "mistaken obituary" was Alfred Nobel.
A French newspaper printed the headline - "The merchant of death is dead" The story began "Dr. Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday." Apparently Dr Nobel made his fortune inventing dynamite.
Anyway, when he read his own obituary, Nobel was so shocked at the newspaper's summary of his life that he decided he wanted to change the way he would be remembered.
So, before he died he committed millions to set up a special prize, now known as the Nobel Peace Prize. Hopefully, he got a much nicer obituary because of it!
The other famous "mistaken obituary" was when the New York Journal reported the death of author Mark Twain had died. Mark Twain responded with a telegram: "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
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