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Mum bombarded with calls from worried friends after her obituary was accidentally posted online

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Published 16:55 24 Sep 2024 GMT+1

Mum bombarded with calls from worried friends after her obituary was accidentally posted online

Friends and family were left shocked at the apparent news Faye Finaro had died - and even more so after she picked up the phone

Tom Earnshaw

Tom Earnshaw

A British mum has been left completely bemused after her close friends rang her to check if she was alive.

The bizarre set of events happened after an obituary for Faye Finaro was accidentally published online, with her friends shell-shocked at seeing she had apparently passed away.

39-year-old Faye, from Mansfield, was shocked to hear about the obituary online which she had no idea had been published.

Faye was shocked to see she was apparently dead (SWNS)
Faye was shocked to see she was apparently dead (SWNS)

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With her name and a photo of herself on the obit section of local newspaper website the Mansfield Chad, those reading were given the option to send flowers to Faye's family.

Faye only spotted it when a friend called her to 'check she wasn't dead', after they spotted the page on the 'Legacy' section of the newspaper website.

After reassuring her friends she was very much not dead - which she did with a post on Facebook to calm nerves for anyone worried - she emailed the website to let them know she was still alive and kicking.

Nottinghamshire mum Faye, who owns a beauty business, thinks a post on the websites 'celebration' section on her new business in 2022 got mixed up with the site's legacy section.

The obituary killing off Faye Finaro when she was very much still alive (SWNS)
The obituary killing off Faye Finaro when she was very much still alive (SWNS)

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Despite the worry, Faye thankfully saw the funny side of the mix up. She said: "I might have 30 days of flowers coming!"

She added: "It was a standard day in my life when I got a call from a friend asking me if I was alive.

"My friend was quite concerned.

"I posted it on Facebook and quite a few people commented and thought it was hilarious - my son found it really funny."

Faye said: "I believe what's happened is there must have been some crossover with the celebrations page they were doing and all the photos and captions were left in the database before they were outsourced to Legacy.

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"God knows how long it was there. Anyway, it was great when they told me they'd removed it - I'm not dead anymore!"

The email Faye sent to remove the obituary (SWNS)
The email Faye sent to remove the obituary (SWNS)

After recently winning an award for her business, one of Faye's friends had been looking for a news story on the whim when she came across the obituary page last Tuesday (24 September).

A screenshot of the site shows a picture of Faye with the headline 'Faye Finaro Obituary' alongside an option to 'send flowers'.

Faye was told the obituary may take up to 30 days to disappear from search results.

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A spokesperson for Legacy said: "We are indeed aware of the issue and we are in correspondence with Ms Finaro about the matter."

At least she saw the funny side.

Featured Image Credit: SWNS

Topics: Facebook, Technology, UK News, Viral, Weird, Community

Tom Earnshaw
Tom Earnshaw

Tom joined LADbible Group in 2024, currently working as SEO Lead across all brands including LADbible, UNILAD, SPORTbible, Tyla, UNILAD Tech, and GAMINGbible. He moved to the company from Reach plc where he enjoyed spells as a content editor and senior reporter for one of the country's most-read local news brands, LancsLive. When he's not in work, Tom spends his adult life as a suffering Manchester United supporter after a childhood filled with trebles and Premier League titles. You can't have it all forever, I suppose.

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