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Incorrect death information
Last month a English comedian called Tony Knight died in an accident, and someone (without doing due diligence) added this death info to an American actors page despite the fact their ages, careers, spouse, obituary etc did not match up, they shared a name only.
Now I do not know if this comedian even had an IMDb page but news of his death was tagged with that actor, see here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0971016/
That actor looks nothing like the comedian and is still alive.
I did the right thing and submitted a deletion with evidence added and it was approved, see here: #240706-223217-240000
It's not even been 12 hours and the false death data, although slightly altered has returned. Can you removed it and block it from being re-added. And maybe remove those incorrect news tags that are helping misidentify the page.
And if anyone reading has any idea if the late Tony Knight has a page, let it come to light because I cannot identify one.
Thanks in advance for any aid.
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Maya
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2 months ago
Hi VonPunk-
Thank you for letting us know about this issue! I have removed the incorrect death date added to this unrelated person Tony Knight and taken further steps to prevent these additions to be added again.
I have also untagged this name page from the news articles that were incorrectly linked as well.
The changes are already live on the site.
Cheers!
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MovieCat
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2 months ago
I've yet to locate this person on the system, though I'm still looking.
I did, however, stumble across a probable duplicate:
Tony Knight (IV) - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3109032/?ref_=fn_al_nm_9
Sole credit is as himself, a friend of Larry Grayson in "The Unforgettable Larry Grayson".
Tony Knight (XI) - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15792363/?ref_=fn_al_nm_7
Sole credit is as himself in an episode of Channel 4's "Top Ten", the title of which is "Camp Icons". Which, having googled, did include Larry Grayson.
However, while I can source the first programme, I can't source the second, so I won't submit anything until I can obtain that evidence.
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Bethanny
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2 months ago
Hi @VonPunk -
Is there anything else you need help with?
Thanks!
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