Fox Information apparently thinks “ED” stands for early loss of life.
Anybody who watches late evening TV is aware of that 55-year-old Frank Thomas is alive and thriving. The previous White Sox slugger and three-time MLB All-Star is almost ubiquitous in male complement commercials.
However throughout a phase on Fox’s The Faulker Focus, Thomas was proven together with his 12 months of beginning and alleged 12 months of loss of life as 2023. Nonetheless, it was one other Frank Thomas who died. The precise deceased Thomas was born in 1929 and died Jan. 16, 2023. The deceased Thomas was a three-time all-star for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
To its credit score, the community rapidly corrected the gaffe. “We additionally have to rapidly challenge a correction within the ‘in memoriam’ function that we confirmed just some minutes in the past,” visitor anchor Julie Banderas stated. “We misidentified the late Frank Thomas, the three-time all-star for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Frank Thomas we confirmed you, sadly, was additionally a former professional baseball participant. He’s very a lot alive. We apologize for that mistake.”
The dwelling Frank Thomas was not proud of the misidentification. Hours later, he posted to Twitter, calling Fox Information “irresponsible” for the error.
