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obituaries can be tricky, especially if your

subject is still alive. Welcome to 30 Morbin minutes. This is the podcast where we cover topics of a morbid macab, dark, and downright grisly nature.

I'm Elise Willems.

And I'm Jessica Vasami.

Controversial Jamaican political activist Marcus Garvey, born August 17, 1887 in St. Anne's Bay, Jamaica, died on June 10th,

1940 in London, in a way that some might describe as being literally murdered by words.

Garvey had suffered a stroke in January of 1940, which left him mostly paralyzed. In May of that year,

the Chicago Defender published a premature obituary

memorializing Garvey. Whether they did it based on a rumor or by sheer accident is unclear,

but what is known is the drastic effect it had on Garvey. Now living in London, Garvey read this

obituary that was accidentally posted or whatever, even though he was still very much alive.

And the obituary described him as broke, alone, and unpopular, which honestly I can relate.

Jeez.

This apparently threw Garvey for a loop, to put it lightly.

Yeah, allegedly this caused Garvey, like, immense stress and duress, which in turn caused him to experience another stroke.

And this time, he really did die.

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