About 20 minutes ago I was coming back from lunch and the announcer on the car radio (from an English language speaking station in Montreal) announced that he had passed on, too.
All the speculation by the media and the "he's gone/no he's not/he's gone" is appalling to me, and I'm not even Catholic (not even Christian!). It's SO disrespectful to a man who was a giant of the 20th century. This should be handled with dignity and decorum, not with reporters shrieking into their headsets and bad info flying around non-stop.
Every station is so keen on getting the scoop that they're ignoring how inappropriate their behaviour is.
LQ
You are absolutely right!