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7 Mar 2017, 13:22
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The BBC got itself into a bit of a pickle after wrongly announcing the death of legendary Madchester musician Mark E Smith.
The Twitter account for BBC Music posted what was surely meant to be a goodwill gesture on the 60th birthday of The Fall frontman.
Instead, they tweeted "RIP Mark E Smith", accompanied by an emoji.
Immediately, the Twittersphere cottoned onto the mistake - because, you know, Mark E Smith is very much alive - but there was a fair degree of confusion as well.
Eventually, the BBC released a statement about their tweet: "This was a genuine human error.
The message was posted by mistake and swiftly deleted. We apologise."
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No worries to the Beeb. We still find it amusing.
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