Dead pool...
I work for a certain large british broadcasting corporation. In the News dept, we have a rather fantastic (if a little crashy) online video storage/editing/archiving system

On it are stored all the days news, plus any archive stuff that may be used/needed in a hurry.

This includes obituaries.

So whenever someone looks a bit iffy in the mortality dept, the obit tape is hauled out, bought up to date and put online (except the Queens. Thats in a big fuck off locked safe).

So when bored, its quite entertaining to check out whos gone onto the system (kylie has been popping up a lot recently), and whos been updated.

Amy Crackhouse hasnt been off the system in the past year, and is updated almost daily :-)
(CantSleepClownsWillGetMe Likes: Turtles, Fri 9 Jan 2009, 23:19, 6 replies)

same here
at the newspaper where i work, we've got the same type of system going. one of the fun bits is seeing how long some of the obits sit in the system before they're used. in several cases, the writer has died before the subject. the other obit folly is when someone's close to shuffling off this mortal coil, so a page is prepared. once in a very blue moon, that page has actually been sent to press prematurely. makes for interesting corrections.
(tuqueboy has been in a medically -induced coma since, Fri 9 Jan 2009, 23:40, closed)

You work at the BBC?
What's your policy on Goatse? :D
( The Coast Of Yemen, Sat 10 Jan 2009, 0:10, closed)

Thatcher?

( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Sat 10 Jan 2009, 1:45, closed)

Why the funting cuck
Would Amy Whinehouse merit an obituary on TV news?
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Sat 10 Jan 2009, 11:33, closed)

27
i have several bets on her being the next member of the "27 club".

robert Johnson
Brian Jones
Janis Joplin
Jimmy Hendrix
jim Morrison
Kurt Cobain
Amy Winehouse???????
(welgar, Sun 11 Jan 2009, 7:28, closed)

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The forums at www.deathlist.net is a good place to get all your latest celebrity coffin-dodging news
(Pickettywitchfinder General, Mon 12 Jan 2009, 10:36, closed)