AP to Britney: We Have Your Obit Ready to Go!

Britney SpearsBritney Spears hasn't died, but the Associated Press has an obituary already written, should something happen to the "at-risk" former pop star.

TMZ spoke to AP Entertainment Editor Jesse Washington who confirmed the news. Washington told Us Weekly, "We would never wish any type of misfortune on anybody and hope that we would never have to use it until 50 years from now, but if something were to happen, we would have to be prepared."

It is not uncommon for news organizations like AP to have obituaries prepared for high-profile people -- the unusual thing is that they're usually prepped for the very sick or aged.





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91. Well they always say plan ahead and prepare for the end. Really no reason to get upset about it after all none of us are going to get out of life alive anyway.

Posted at 10:18PM on Jan 17th 2008 by Terry

92. They have "obits" on all the so called Stars....that is old news...they have been doing that for years...they are in the can and waiting to go....

Posted at 10:24PM on Jan 17th 2008 by pockets

93. Not for nothing but I'm really shocked that the Scientologists have invaded her bank account yet.

Posted at 10:30PM on Jan 17th 2008 by X

94. OH PS-
I really wonder what would truly happen if she didn't have the papparazo around at all. I mean none at all. I don't believe this multi personality either.

Posted at 10:30PM on Jan 17th 2008 by X

95. Dr. Drew Pinsky omitted that that people in Britney Spears state of being have a 50/50 chance of
surviving, the way Britney is acting it would not be nonsensible to write her obit.

I don't wish for her to die like some members but the way she is going she may just end up dead.

Posted at 10:39PM on Jan 17th 2008 by BOEING 787

96. That is sick and wrong. Do they have one ready for Donald Trump? Brad Pitt? Katie Holmes? What if? That is stupid. Yes, she is a mess, and on a sad road, but to write a obituary for a very much alive person? That is sickening.

Posted at 10:45PM on Jan 17th 2008 by Serious?!

97. She fits as she IS very sick. Her mental illness is as deadly as cancer as she is doing nothing to get well.

Posted at 11:12PM on Jan 17th 2008 by Jan

98. F K-Fed..he was in it for the $ all along...at leastthe paparazzi gets some Brit action...

Posted at 10:57PM on Jan 17th 2008 by dawnstauffrr

99.
Get real, everyone. Advance Obituaries has been around longer than you've been alive.

And as far at the article at

http://www.portfolio.com/culture-lifestyle/culture-inc/arts/2008/01/14/Britney-Spears-Career-Analysis


Maybe that was true in her heyday, but I seriously doubt she commands such a value today. No one wants her. She's not doing show [thank god] and her albums flop. She's a liability.

Posted at 10:58PM on Jan 17th 2008 by ParisNauseatesMe

100. Britney's obit

Los Angeles - Pop star Britney Jean Spears, whose music and provocative style captivated young audiences for a decade, was pronounced dead at Cedars-Sinai hospital after an apparent suicide. The suicide comes amidst a bitter child custody battle with ex-husband Kevin Federline.

The young pop singer's apparent suicide ends the tragic final episode in the life of Britney Spears after spiraling down in depression since the death of her aunt, Sandra Bridges Covington, who passed away from breast cancer in January 2007, and her divorce from husband Kevin Federline, who who rose from the ranks of obscurity as a financially strapped back-up dancer and squandered most of Britney's fortune promoting his own selfish interests and failed desperate attempts at fame and fortune as a rap singer and actor.

The Spears family has a tragic history of depression and suicide. Eight years after the death of her infant son and after three previous suicide attempts, Britney's paternal grandmother, Emma Jean Spears, committed suicide at age 31 in June 1966 at the grave of her deceased infant son.

Britney Spears is survived by her adorable sons Sean Preston Federline and Jayden James Federline, her domineering mother Lynne Irene Spears (nee Bridges), her reformed alcoholic father James Parnell Spears, her brother Bryan Spears, her intensely loyal sister Jamie-Lynn Spears, her possible cousin Alli Sims and her ex-husbands Jason Alexander and Kevin "Fed-Ex" Federline.

Britney will be sorely missed by a great many freeloading parasitic hangers-on and a multitude money-crazed paparazzi who dogged her like a wolf pack on the scent of blood.

Posted at 11:03PM on Jan 17th 2008 by just me

101. THAT IS JUST SO DISGUSTING!

Posted at 9:12PM on Jan 20th 2008 by Shan

102. Hell, she's already brain dead. Her body will soon follow suit. Now would be a good time
to time to pick out a coffin and gravesite. She'll never live to see years end.

Posted at 11:46PM on Jan 17th 2008 by Jessica

103. Brittney must go! she's doomed for christ sake god who doesn't see it, her dumb parents? The girl needs a hospital, straight jacket and treatment farily soon or she is likely to kill someone and she will. THe world is so sick of hearing about her wretched life and ready to give up. I'm so tired of hearing about her stupid tantrums. Are the psychy's and her parents stupid? Won't see ya in 2010 britt, instead I'll visit your gravesite.

Posted at 1:14AM on Jan 18th 2008 by Citygirl

104. This does NOT surprise me in the least. What really shocks me is that Britney hasn't killed herself because she's a no-talent trailer trash hillbilly+has always been jealous of Christina Aguilera,because Christina can actually sing+doesn't have to rely on studio tricks.
Britney's only real option now is to start doing porn with her equally brain dead little sister.
Maybe in a couple years they'll both be Vivid girls.

Posted at 11:10AM on Jan 18th 2008 by Vampirebear13

105. It may not be right, but why not prepare for what seems to be inevitable?

Instant obit, just add date of passing.

Like I said to my hubby, "Would anyone REALLY be shocked when the news comes?" DOUBT IT!!!

Posted at 2:13AM on Jan 18th 2008 by glynne64

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