Oops!  Once again, a news organization has let slip an obituary for someone who isn’t dead.  This time, Bloomberg killed Apple’s Steve Jobs!  (How’s that for a defamatory yellow journalism-type headline?!) While questions have been swirling around for the last few months about Steve’s health, declaring him dead is taking it a little too far, don’t you think?

Apparently, it’s common practice for news organizations to pre-write canned obits for famous people, so they already have something to release when the person actually dies.  And this isn’t the first time that an obituary has been released prematurely.  Remember in 2003 when CNN suddenly declared Fidel Castro, Dick Cheney, Nelson Mandela, Bob Hope, Gerald Ford, Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan dead?

Steve had pancreatic cancer a few years back, and some thought he looked thin and/or ill this past June at the Worldwide Developer’s Conference, leading to rampant speculation.  I’m sure this just adds fuel to the fire.  Here’s to hoping Steve has a few more Apple innovations left in him!