List of Premature Obituaries - K

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  • Kailash (full name unknown): this farm labourer from Uttar Pradesh, India was officially registered as dead by cousins in order to steal land he had inherited. He went to court, but the case was mired in legal delays, and his cousins beat him and threatened to kill him. "It is better to be dead on paper than to be really dead", he said. (See also Lal Bihari.)
  • Ken Kesey: in 1966, the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest faked his own suicide in an attempt to escape drug charges. He had friends leave his truck and a suicide note on a cliffside road in California, while he fled to Mexico. He later returned to the US, but was arrested and jailed for five months. Kesey died in 2001.
  • Rudyard Kipling: His death had been incorrectly announced in a magazine, to which he wrote, "I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers."
  • Michael "Corporal" Kirchner, former professional wrestler, was reported dead in an article at WWE.com on 15 October 2006. He and his family were understandably confused and upset, and even after Kirchner confirmed that he was alive, the error was never officially retracted on WWE's website.
  • K. Karunakaran (Indian politician, former Chief Minister of Kerala, India): reportedly dead on 12 November 2009 when he was hospitalized with age-related complications. Later knew that he was in a serious condition. His condition became better. Karunakaran later lived for a year and died in December 2010.
  • Larry Kramer: in December 2001, the gay rights activist was reported dead by Associated Press following a liver transplant.
  • George Kaye: in November 2005, the Irish musician was reported dead by The Daily Mirror following a plane crash.
  • Khushwant Singh: an English writer of India wrote his own obituary in his mid twenties while he worked in Undivided India at Lahore. The title he chose for his obituary; Posthumous.

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