No, Really, I am Still Alive!

Yesterday, I was talking about premature obituaries. These are obits that somehow get released to the public before the celebrity in question is actually dead. Sometimes, it happens when technicians or reporters just accidentally press the wrong button. Sometimes, the celebrity had been ill and perhaps the media outlet is just hoping to get the jump on everyone else. Sometimes, it is just a joke gone bad. Despite how it happened, here are a few more untimely obituary releases: Melody Maker magazine had the macabre idea to publish an Alice Cooper concert review in the form of a fake obituary … Continue reading

The Phenomenon of Premature Obituaries

I had been thinking about this blog for a while now and today, CNN beat me to the punch. I guess it is a slow news day because towards the top of its news list, CNN ran a story that said “Abe Vigoda is still alive, thank you very much.” In case you don’t remember, there was a rumor going around that Abe had died…in 1982. That year, a reporter for PEOPLE magazine wrote in an article that the “late Abe Vigoda” was not at the “Barney Miller” wrap party. Needless to say, that came as a bit of a … Continue reading