Did the news websites etc…have Reb Eliyashiv's passing articles prepared?

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  • #604156
    Getzel
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    Did the news websites etc…have Reb Eliyashiv’s passing articles prepared? they came out so quick full articles.

    #886272
    WolfishMusings
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    It’s a common practice in the news business to have obituaries written well ahead of time with blanks to be filled in for date/time of death and particular circumstances.

    The plot of one of my favorite episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show revolves around a pre-prepared obituary that went wrong.

    The Wolf

    #886273
    rabbiofberlin
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    “The Mary Tyler Moore Show”–hmmm…what is this, wolf? You mean…YOU MEAN…..YOU MEAN!!!!!! that you have a ……oy vey !

    #886274

    Will you resort to self flaggellation if I ask what pre-prepared means?

    #886275
    dash™
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    News organizations always have biographies prepared of notable people availible for quick use.

    #886276
    147
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    I have heard of someone whose doubled Matzeivo was inscribed with her name & praises when her husband died, so that when she dies, they just to add the death date.

    #886277
    WolfishMusings
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    I have heard of someone whose doubled Matzeivo was inscribed with her name & praises when her husband died, so that when she dies, they just to add the death date.

    That’s somewhat common as well. You often see that in cemeteries in New York where the second part of the stone is complete except for the date of death and age (if it was included on the stone).

    One of the saddest things to see is a double stone with the second half not filled in and yet, you know, simply from the amount of time that has passed, that the second person is no longer alive. I’ve seen that a number of times as well.

    The Wolf

    #886278
    choppy
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    WolfishMusings: Why does that sadden you?

    #886279
    CRuzer
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    I had the same ha’arah. They want to get out the news as quick as possible, so there’s no way they would create whole articles and only then release the news. The first report of Harav Elyashiv’s petirah on YWN was quite long!

    #886280
    Englishman
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    I find it quite morbid that anyone has a prepared obituary on a living person.

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