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🗓️ 4 October 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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When it comes to obituaries, Mo has always been obsessed with the phenomenon of public figures who share the same death day. So he’s asked CNN anchor and 60 Minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper to join the podcast to talk about who gets top billing and why. You’ll hear about the case of one person’s death getting “buried” by the death of somebody else. (#Justice4Farrah) There’s also the eerie coincidence of two Founding Fathers dying on the same exact day -- July 4th, no less. And finally, we’ll look at some of the oddest “death fellows” in recent history. Special appearances by legendary obit writers Kay Powell and John Pope.
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0:00.0 | Do you remember the day that Faraphosa died? |
0:04.0 | I do not, and I'm ashamed. |
0:07.0 | But you know it was the same day as Michael Jackson. |
0:10.0 | Was it? |
0:12.0 | I'm chatting with CNN anchor and 60 minutes correspondent Anderson Cooper |
0:17.0 | about one of the biggest days in the modern history of obituaries, June 25th, 2009. |
0:25.0 | I mean, now that you say it, I do recall, |
0:28.0 | did she die in the morning? |
0:32.0 | And then it was announced that Michael Jackson died a little later that day. |
0:36.0 | Michael Jackson was confirmed dead right before the evening news broadcast on the East Coast. |
0:40.0 | So she had the full first half of the day. |
0:43.0 | Well, I mean, as she should. |
0:45.0 | I mean, well, yeah, that's fast. |
0:47.0 | I didn't realize that. |
0:48.0 | That's a strange pairing. |
0:50.0 | I asked Anderson to join me today because he not only has a real understanding of the news cycle, |
0:56.0 | but he also hosts a podcast about death and grieving called all there is. |
1:02.0 | Anderson started working on the podcast when he was packing up the apartment of his late mother, |
1:08.0 | the well-known designer, artist and aress, Gloria Vanderbilt. |
1:13.0 | I've lived a lot, lost a lot, had dreams of love and faithful encounters. |
1:18.0 | I wanted his take on why Michael Jackson's death so completely overshadowed Faraphossets. |
1:24.0 | I think it's a combination of her just, I'm not saying it's fair. |
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