George Carlin is dead.
“Carlin had a history of cardiovascular problems spanning three decades. These included three heart attacks (in 1978, 1982, and 1991), an arrhythmia requiring an ablation procedure in 2003, and a significant episode of heart failure in late 2005. He twice underwent angioplasty.[60] In late 2004, he entered a drug rehabilitation facility for treatment of addictions to alcohol and Vicodin.[61]
Carlin died on June 22, 2008 at Saint John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, California, of heart failure at age 71.[62][63] His death occurred one week after his last performance at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. In accordance with his wishes his body was cremated, and the ashes were scattered in front of various nightclubs he played in New York City and over Spofford Lake, in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, where he attended summer camp as an adolescent.[64]”
“George Carlin is dead.”
Would you not have been such a pedant if the headline had used the word ‘prophetic” instead of “timely”?