http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/7880832.stm

LOL what n00bs

Nah, it was just a test. Probably used when he dies.

Lol, and how professional, we will now test in 'gobbledegook'

They misunderestimated him, then

Didn't something similar happen when CNN's site accidentally released several, including a half-written one for Dick Cheney - based on those for the Queen Mother and Ronald Regan? Surprising when TV broadcasters in the UK do practices for when someone important snuffs it, supposedly commercial broadcasters will just pull the feed with no explanation, cutting to another broadcaster (!).

Then again, a false obituary caused Alfred Nobel to set up the Nobel prize ...

Gutted, i thought it was true for a sec when i saw the thread title.

Even if it were true it would have been 8 years to late.
If ever the US had a prize candidate for assassination it was him. You let us down America.

Please do not yell in the Casino!

My name is !xobile.

Although I wish it were true.

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Gutted, i thought it was true for a sec when i saw the thread title.

Even if it were true it would have been 8 years to late.
If ever the US had a prize candidate for assassination it was him. You let us down America.

ROFL... you're such a political bully

Wishful thinking.

Common media practice to prepare for the death of a VIP. That way, only a tiny bit has to be added if that person dies and the coverage can be both swift and complete.

We had a fully researched special on Pope JP 2nds death years before he actually passed away at the newspaper I work at.