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You just wrote to Queen Elizabeth II (94) to death! Like acting legends Brigitte Bardot (86), Clint Eastwood (90) and Sophia Loren (86). And they did not shy away from the king of Brazilian soccer Pelé (80) and former president of the United States Jimmy Carter (96).
The day of the living dead, the hour of the witches in France: the radio station RFI announced on Monday a veritable mass death of celebrities on its website and published hundreds of obituaries of personalities still alive.
The broadcaster apologized for the error and referred to a “technical problem”. “We are working hard to fix this big mistake and we apologize to those affected and to you who follow us and trust us,” RFI’s Twitter account said.
The obituaries were prescribed by journalists in order to react quickly to an actual death, the French broadcaster said. This is a common practice in many media.
The publication of the obituaries had caused numerous reactions on the Internet, ranging from confusion and misunderstanding to ridicule. “Anyone who does not have an obituary in RFI at 50 has lost his life,” wrote one Twitter user, for example, referring to the flood of text messages the station had already prepared for not-so-prominent people.
