An Argentinian TV news channel made an awkward blunder after announcing the 'important writer' William Shakespeare had just died in an evening news report. Viewers were left completely baffled on Thursday evening when Noelia Novillo, a newsreader on Canal 26, reported that William Shakespeare, 'one of the most important writers in the English language', died this month. The ultimate comedy of errors came after an 81-year-old man from Coventry called William 'Bill' Shakespeare died five months after getting the Covid-19 vaccine and was mistaken for the 16th century playwright. If that man really was called 'William Shakespeare' and he was a 'famous writer' ... Wow! The death of William Shakespeare has taken us all by surprise, with just 457 years.

Source: Daily Mail May 29, 2021 11:48 UTC