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<i>SOURCE: MSNBC PREPARES CLINTON OBIT [JUST IN CASE]
Mon Sept 6 2004 12:30:31 ET
As Bill Clinton hit the operating table at 6:45 a.m. at New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia in upper Manhattan, MSNBC almost simultaneously was preparing a video package of the former president's obituary -- just in case.
An internal email sent from NBC tape producer Peter Hitchins to NBC staff just 20 minutes before the operation began describes a contingency video prep if the former president died from complications from heart surgery:
From: Hitchins, Charles (NBC Universal, MSNBC)
Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 6:25 AM
To: @MSNBC Newsforce Staff
Subject: Clinton Obit
Just in case it's needed
Mitchell Obit on Clinton
C1052
Trt 3:47</i>
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