German magazine mistakenly publishes Bush obituary
BERLIN (AP) - Germany's respected news weekly Der Spiegel has mistakenly published an obituary for former U.S. President George H.W. Bush.
The unfinished obituary appeared on Der Spiegel's website for only a few minutes Sunday before it was spotted by Internet users and removed.
In it, the magazine's New York correspondent Marc Pitzke describes Bush as "a colorless politician" whose image only improved when it was compared to the later presidency of his son, George W. Bush.
Bush was hospitalized in Houston Nov. 23 for treatment of a bronchitis-related cough. He was moved to intensive care on Dec. 23 after he developed a fever.
A family spokesman says the 88-year-old former president was moved out of intensive care into a regular hospital room again Saturday after his condition improved.
The unfinished obituary appeared on Der Spiegel's website for only a few minutes Sunday before it was spotted by Internet users and removed.
In it, the magazine's New York correspondent Marc Pitzke describes Bush as "a colorless politician" whose image only improved when it was compared to the later presidency of his son, George W. Bush.
Bush was hospitalized in Houston Nov. 23 for treatment of a bronchitis-related cough. He was moved to intensive care on Dec. 23 after he developed a fever.
A family spokesman says the 88-year-old former president was moved out of intensive care into a regular hospital room again Saturday after his condition improved.

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Well, partially in their defense I thought he was circling the drain. They were just getting prepared, but someone got sloppy.
Sorry Marc Pitzke he was no Hitler. Bet you would have wrote a glowing piece about him though.
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 @axpman  @jpdx00 *Was. The Nazis don't exist anymore and many Americans were involved with the Nazis. As for George H. W. Bush, he fought on the opposite side of the Nazis during WWII, hardly a Nazi.
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Oops!!
It will be true soon enough.
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I think you are right. He is declining. But then again he could go another 10 years and surprise us all.