FW: Steve Jobs passing away

[Chip Fetrow]

In years past, the new hire was given the "obit file" and told to  
update everything.  In general, they were given a few weeks.  Heck, I  
have even been involved.

Today, newsrooms are cut so thin I doubt anyone is tasked with the  
obit files.  I will bet they just try to update the most likely to  
die, and Steve Jobs was very much on that short list.

I think everyone knew he was going to die, but only six weeks after  
stepping down as CEO?  I sure didn't expect that!  The man was less  
than three months older than me, and with my Mother In Law (a  
wonderful woman) passing away just under two weeks ago, well, it  
bothers me.

--chip

On Oct 6, 2011, at 8:01 AM, tacos-request at amrad.org wrote:

> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 21:37:35 -0400
> From: "Robert E. Seastrom" <rs at seastrom.com>
> To: Mark Whittington <markwhi at gmail.com>
> Cc: tacos at amrad.org
> Subject: Re: FW: Steve Jobs passing away
>
> Most news outlets have "Joe Shmoe passes away" stories ready to go for
> various famous people and update them on a regular basis so that they
> don't have to pull one out of thin air on short notice.
>
> The funny part is when one of them gets released and the subject of
> the story is still alive.
>
> Those in our midst with close mass media ties can probably point us to
> a few examples.
>
> -r