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BBC. IT's funny how they have.....

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j08 Mon 08-Apr-13 22:38:12

these programmes pre-recorded for when someone of importance pops their clogs.

The one on Maggie T tonight had people like Neil Kinnock wearing his black suit and sounding all very regretful.You can imagine him going off afterwards, rubbing his hands with glee and wondering when it would be able to be transmitted.

It's a good job Andrew Marr made it through when he was poorly a little back, too! shock

I wonder who else they've got one ready for!

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Ana Mon 08-Apr-13 22:41:17

Bruce Forsythe...?

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Flowerofthewest Mon 08-Apr-13 22:44:29

Our lovely Sir David?

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j08 Mon 08-Apr-13 22:48:15

Would they bother with Brucie? And they could cobble one up quite quickly for DC.

I guess Nelson Mandela. And definitely the Queen.

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merlotgran Mon 08-Apr-13 22:52:29

grin Ana

Stephen Hawking. How on earth is he still with us?

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merlotgran Mon 08-Apr-13 22:53:30

Remember all the false alarms with the Queen Mother?

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Tegan Mon 08-Apr-13 23:25:48

Morgan Freeman dies all the time. When he does actually pop his clogs no one will believe it.

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Tegan Mon 08-Apr-13 23:29:09

I've just googled Fidel Castro and Ariel Sharon to double check if they're still with us; and they are.

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annodomini Mon 08-Apr-13 23:39:47

They must have an obit ready for the Duke of Edinburgh.

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absent Tue 09-Apr-13 06:56:41

Of course the BBC, other television companies and newspapers have obits for all major figures ready and update them regularly. Lots of publishers also have books almost ready to go to the printers barring the last page. I was asked to write one about the Queen Mother – in the past tense – several years before she died. All it needed was a couple of paragraphs about her final few months and the date. Of course, people were caught on the hop with the late Princess of Wales unlike all the guff coming out now about Baroness Thatcher. That's probably been lined up and regularly updated since the 1980s.

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petra Tue 09-Apr-13 10:28:24

I didn't see anything from TB. Probably couldn't afford his fees.

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absent Tue 09-Apr-13 13:34:47

petra He's probably biding his time. I'm sure we shan't be spared the fruits of his wisdom.

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feetlebaum Tue 09-Apr-13 14:06:06

Blair? Says MT was 'towering international figure'.

I wonder what he means...

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feetlebaum Tue 09-Apr-13 14:06:52

Sorry - 'towering GLOBAL figure'

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