Ghost writing
Aug. 5th, 2003 03:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yendiTwo tidbits, both courtesy of Mark Evanier:
The New York Times obit for Bob Hope was mostly written by Vincent Canby, their late film critic, who died in June of 2000. And the Newsweek obit for Hope was mostly penned by drama critic Jack Kroll, who died in April of 2000.
It's not a total shock -- obits are almost always pre-written and on file for any major celelbrity -- but there's something ironic in outliving the folks who write your obit by that long.
The New York Times obit for Bob Hope was mostly written by Vincent Canby, their late film critic, who died in June of 2000. And the Newsweek obit for Hope was mostly penned by drama critic Jack Kroll, who died in April of 2000.
It's not a total shock -- obits are almost always pre-written and on file for any major celelbrity -- but there's something ironic in outliving the folks who write your obit by that long.