From Joe Weisenthal comes this – Reuters’ draft of George Soros’ obituary.
Note, Reuters says “.. dies at XX”.
Obviously there’s a market here; if Mr. Soros gets to triple digits Reuters is going to have to cover their short.
George Soros, enigmatic financier, liberal philanthropist dies at XX
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On a related note, Slate article on the writing of obituaries before the subject has moved on: Early Deadlines
How far in advance do newspapers write obituaries?
The obituary assignment process also depends on the subject. Big papers like the New York Times and the Washington Post have regular beat reporters write obituaries whenever possible. … The rest are written by a designated obituary team consisting of an editor and a handful of writers
