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Marley Interview Requested 24 Years After His Death
Entertainment - Reuters ^ | Fri Apr 1, 2005 | Anon

Posted on 04/02/2005 5:40:11 AM PST by Pharmboy


The British Broadcasting Corporation sent an e-mail
requesting an interview with reggae star Bob Marley,
24 years after his death. The publicly funded
broadcaster confessed April 1, 2005 it was 'very
embarrassed' by the mix-up which appeared in an
e-mail to the Bob Marley Foundation. A man walks in
front of a mural of legendary reggae singer Bob Marley
in Kingston February 17, 2002. (Jorge Silva/Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - The British Broadcasting Corporation sent an e-mail requesting an interview with reggae star Bob Marley, 24 years after his death.

The publicly funded broadcaster confessed on Friday it was "very embarrassed" by the mix-up which appeared in an e-mail to the Bob Marley Foundation.

"We are obviously very embarrassed that we didn't realize that the letter to the Marley Foundation did not acknowledge that Mr. Marley is no longer with us," said a BBC statement.

The Bob Marley Foundation was not immediately available for comment, but the BBC said it had laughed off the mistake.

"The Marley Foundation have been extremely good humored about this and we have apologized for the error."

It said the mistake occurred in a standard letter the BBC sent out to hundreds of "icons and musicians" it wanted to take part in a series on digital channel BBC-3.

The approach followed the success of BBC-3 documentary "The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody" about the classic track by rock group Queen.

A BBC spokeswoman said the statement was not an April Fool hoax.

"It's a genuine mistake ... today of all days," she said.

Marley died from cancer in 1981 aged just 36. The 60th anniversary of his birth in Jamaica was celebrated in Addis Ababa earlier this year in an event attended by more than 200,000 Ethiopians who shared the legend's Rastafarian faith.

The BBC-3 program was to have concentrated on Marley's hit song "No Woman, No Cry."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bbc; media
Stupid beeb.
1 posted on 04/02/2005 5:40:11 AM PST by Pharmboy
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To: Pharmboy

if dead people can vote, why should they not give interviews?


2 posted on 04/02/2005 5:43:55 AM PST by William of Orange (Mr. T for president! I pity the fool who don' vote for Mr. T!)
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To: Pharmboy

Ya mon!


3 posted on 04/02/2005 5:49:16 AM PST by KidGlock (Get in the pit and try to love some one)
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To: William of Orange

Makes sense to me.


4 posted on 04/02/2005 5:49:58 AM PST by JOE43270 (JOE43270 America voted and said we are One Nation Under God with Liberty and Justice for All.)
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To: wardaddy

Ping!


5 posted on 04/02/2005 5:50:53 AM PST by Clemenza (Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms: The Other Holy Trinity)
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To: Pharmboy

Jacob Marley has also declined an interview.


6 posted on 04/02/2005 5:51:44 AM PST by csvset
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To: Pharmboy

BBC, don't worry, be happy.


7 posted on 04/02/2005 6:06:41 AM PST by mtbopfuyn (Legality does not dictate morality... Lavin)
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To: Pharmboy

James Marshall Hendrix has not responded to a similiar BBC request.


8 posted on 04/02/2005 6:12:02 AM PST by Khurkris (This tagline is available on CD ROM)
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To: Pharmboy

If women in persistent vegetative states can be called to testify in front of Congress, why not?


9 posted on 04/02/2005 6:13:57 AM PST by closet freeper
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To: Pharmboy

"... Uh sorry, mon. Bob be jammin'."


10 posted on 04/02/2005 6:21:00 AM PST by Mr. Jazzy (It sucks to be liberal Democrat. Ask Monica Lewinski.)
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To: Pharmboy

I heard Elvis Presley is available.


11 posted on 04/02/2005 6:24:22 AM PST by dfwgator (It's sad that the news media treats Michael Jackson better than our military.)
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To: Pharmboy
Timothy Leary's dead
no, no-no-no, no-no-no
he's outside
looking in.
12 posted on 04/02/2005 6:27:22 AM PST by JCEccles (If Jimmy Carter were a country, he'd be Canada.)
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To: Pharmboy
Jacob Marley granted an interview, but that was only seven years after his death. Twenty-four is beyond the pale (horse).
13 posted on 04/02/2005 6:29:25 AM PST by Physicist
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To: Pharmboy

LMAO, typical BBC, right on top of things LOL!


14 posted on 04/02/2005 7:34:46 AM PST by rockabyebaby (If you're not part of the solution, YOU ARE the problem.)
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To: csvset

A real LOL on my part...excellent!


15 posted on 04/02/2005 7:46:05 AM PST by Pharmboy ("Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God")
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To: Pharmboy

Ya smokin' da bad ganja, mon!


16 posted on 04/02/2005 9:59:19 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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To: Khurkris

Janis Joplin has also declined an interview.


17 posted on 04/02/2005 10:00:12 AM PST by sheik yerbouty
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To: Pharmboy

Marley got off easy. I'll be dead a thousand years before the BBC requests an interview with me.


18 posted on 04/02/2005 10:14:12 AM PST by Nick Danger (You can stick a fork in the Mullahs -- they're done.)
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