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These days, the top purveyor of bogus death notices is Twitter, with the likes of Kanye West and Britney Spears among those falsely identified as cadavers.
But a report of “Convoy” singer C.W. McCall’s premature demise came courtesy of an old-school source: the Denver Post.
On Saturday, the Post published an article about a serious accident involving a Ride the Rockies participant. Along the way, reporter Nancy Lofholm wrote, “Three other riders went down about a half hour later during the descent from the pass that the late singer C.W. McCall immortalized as ’37 miles o’ hell.'”
Which explains a correction in today’s edition — one that will no doubt cause head-scratching among those who missed the original piece. The note about the man who went on to become mayor of Ouray reads, “Because of a reporter’s error, a story on Page 2B on Saturday incorrectly indicated singer C.W. McCall’s status. He is living in Ouray.”
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Operative word: “living.” Take that, Twitter.
