{"id":170,"date":"2009-05-06T19:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-06T19:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogybank.com\/?p=170"},"modified":"2021-04-20T14:12:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T18:12:10","slug":"when-i-die-there-will-be-final-waltz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/when-i-die-there-will-be-final-waltz.html","title":{"rendered":"&quot;When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head, that only I can hear.&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><strong>An Irish student&#8217;s fake quote on Wikipedia has been used in newspaper obituaries around<\/strong> <\/span><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><strong>the world.<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><strong>Like putting a note in a bottle, Shane Fitzgerald, 22, a student studying sociology and economics at University College, Dublin wanted to see how far his fake quote would spread &#8211; on the Internet.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">According to the <em>Australian<\/em> (7 May 2009) Fitzgerald created a plausible but fabricated quote, attributing it to Maurice Jarre (1924-2009). <\/span><\/strong><br \/><strong><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><\/span><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><strong>The false quote read: &#8220;<\/strong><em><strong>One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head, that only I can<\/strong> <span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><strong>hear<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\">.&#8221;<\/span><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"> <\/span><\/strong><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><strong><\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><strong>Fitzgerald posted the fake quote on Maurice Jarre&#8217;s Wikipedia page soon after the musician had died. It was then picked up in obituaries that appeared in newspapers, blogs and websites around the world.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;\"><strong><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.news.com.au\/story\/0,25197,25441728-12377,00.html\">Click here to read the complete story<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family:trebuchet ms;\"><strong><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.news.com.au\/story\/0,25197,25441728-12377,00.html\"><em>The Australian<\/em> (7 May 2009)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Irish student&#8217;s fake quote on Wikipedia has been used in newspaper obituaries around the world.Like putting a note in a bottle, Shane Fitzgerald, 22, a student studying sociology and economics at University College, Dublin wanted to see how far his fake quote would spread &#8211; on the Internet. 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