This obituary entered a dubious hall of fame thanks to a single rogue letter

We feel quite bad for laughing at this meaning-altering typo in the obituary of art expert and journalist Bruce Arnold, who died in 2024 at the age of 87, but it’s a spectacular one. On the one hand, sacking all the people who used to check copy for typos has saved newspaper owners a lot […] The post This obituary entered a dubious hall of fame thanks to a single rogue letter appeared first on The Poke.

Jun 2, 2025 - 14:00
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This obituary entered a dubious hall of fame thanks to a single rogue letter

We feel quite bad for laughing at this meaning-altering typo in the obituary of art expert and journalist Bruce Arnold, who died in 2024 at the age of 87, but it’s a spectacular one. On the one hand, sacking all the people who used to check copy for typos has saved newspaper owners a lot […]

The post This obituary entered a dubious hall of fame thanks to a single rogue letter appeared first on The Poke.

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