What's the meaning of the phrase 'The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated'?
Other
Quotations
Mark Twain quotation after hearing that his obituary had been published in the
New York Journal.
Mistaken
publications of obituaries aren't as rare as you might expect. A recent example
is of Dave Swarbrick, the British folk/rock violinist, who was killed off mistakenly
by the Daily Telegraph in April 1999 when they reported that his visit to hospital
in Coventry had resulted in his death. He did at least get the opportunity to
read a rather favourable account of his life, not something we all get to do,
and to deliver the gag "It's not the first time I have died in Coventry".
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What’s the origin of the phrase ‘The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated’?
Mark Twain quotation after hearing that his obituary had been published in the New York Journal.
Mistaken publications of obituaries aren’t as rare as you might expect. A recent example is of Dave Swarbrick, the British folk/rock violinist, who was killed off mistakenly by the Daily Telegraph in April 1999 when they reported that his visit to hospital in Coventry had resulted in his death. He did at least get the opportunity to read a rather favourable account of his life, not something we all get to do, and to deliver the gag “It’s not the first time I have died in Coventry”.
Historical trend
“my death are greatly exaggerated” in printed material over time
