WaPo Death Notices
Found at random sites around the internet, too numerous to mention:
- Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48.
- Adolf Hitler, passionate community planner and dynamic public speaker, dies at 56.
- Charles Manson, famous songwriter and meditation leader, dead at 83.
- Jeffrey Dahmer, LGBT activist-pioneer and avant-garde gastronomist passed away at age 34
- John Wilkes Booth, professional actor and amateur marksman, dies at 26
- Nero, civic leader, harp enthusiast, and the lighter of the Appian Way dead at 30.
- Darth Vader, disabled single father of two, passes away.
- Emperor Palpatine, austere holder of emergency powers and advocate for democracy, died after a fall.
- Psychologist and Wine Connoisseur Hannibal Lecter Dies After Lengthy Battle With Flesh Eating Disorder.
- Thanos, a passionate advocate of population controls, beheaded in brutal slaying.
- Witch of the West, pioneering female aviator, dies of over-saturation at 480.
- Sauron, famed jeweler, metallurgist, and civic leader dies in tower collapse, age unknown.
My comment: One and only one on this list is not a parody. It was honestly and soberly placed by an editor of the Washington Post as their headline for today’s news. They have since hastily modified it. It is difficult to know which is which.
It is also funnier than anything on Late Night TV.
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
October 28, 2019 @ 3:14 pm
