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RIP David Bowie

I'm a bit of a saddo when it comes to Bowie, and I'm now fully aware of the irony of my tattoo
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Had a little cry this morning. What with Lemmy and Brad, 2016 is shaping up to be the year the music died.

'Look up here, I’m in heaven
I’ve got scars that can’t be seen,
I’ve got drama, can’t be stolen
Everybody knows me now'.

RIP - Safe journey x
 
The BBC have everything pre made for everyone just read to roll out when someone dies..... we pay for that.
 
Well no idea to be honest, never even thought about it hence why I never mentioned it.
Yeah, they do, and it does sort of make sense. Re. the BBC, there was some guy who, being very old, said to them "look, I know you'll have an obit on file for me anyway, so why can't I be in it?", and then he did appear in the "Remembering the Life of Bloggs" film. I can't remember who it was, though. :(
 
Just woken up after a night shift to the news that Bowie has died, shocked and sad. RIP David Bowie, and thank you for the music. Its funny, even tho' I wasn't a massive fan, he was part of my growing up and it feels like a little light from that era has gone out
 
Yeah, they do, and it does sort of make sense. Re. the BBC, there was some guy who, being very old, said to them "look, I know you'll have an obit on file for me anyway, so why can't I be in it?", and then he did appear in the "Remembering the Life of Bloggs" film. I can't remember who it was, though. :(

BBC, ITV et al have obits that are prepared months, years (in some cases) ahead of a big name passing away. Every so often, they are updated. In my Irish broadcasting days I remember we had a Sinatra obit, a Pope obit and a few others knocking around.
 
BBC, ITV et al have obits that are prepared months, years (in some cases) ahead of a big name passing away. Every so often, they are updated. In my Irish broadcasting days I remember we had a Sinatra obit, a Pope obit and a few others knocking around.

And every so often, things go wrong and people get to learn of their own deaths. :D I was going to post a few I could think of, but I had not realised there were quite so many of them.

List of premature obituaries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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