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No obit VT for Eric Bristow on the overnight bulletins. It appears one wasn't prepared for him.

Probably because (and this sounds horrible) it's only Eric Bristow

Actually is there any one who never got a obit VT because there were too young?

(At point of death) Possibly Princess Diana ?

Surely most people under the age of 65 who dies unexpectedly? The news channels can not possibly cover every single “personality” who dies and have a obit package recorded??!!

I certainly expect them to have a obit for me when I die. I pay my licence fee don't I?!?!?1

/s

Wonder if celebs could put an FoI in to see their obit?

Nope. Journalism is exempt under the legislation and Sky aren't covered as they aren't a public body.

Data protection act (or the new GDPR) would be more relevant then FoI as it's information about the individual and I don't think that has the same get out clause that the BBC so loves to deliberately misinterpret.

Amy Winehouse. Whitney Houston.

They honestly should have had ones already made up given their well known drug use.

Surprised this hasn't been mentioned here already...
Sky News had a "temporary fault" card up for about 5minutes from 7:30pm, just after the trail for Sportline, which then cut to the weather sponsor, then a fault card (with music), it eventually returned but with a Sky report on Plastics in the ocean, instead of Sportsline.

Was this just on the online stream or on TV?