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Correction

By adamg on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 9:49am

Yesterday, in a truly stupid mistake, I briefly posted that state Rep. Ed Coppinger of West Roxbury had died. In fact, it was his cousin, also named Ed Coppinger, who died. My apologies to both families for the screw up.


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Comments

By schneidz on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 10:07am.

an unfortunate but understandable mistake. thanks for quickly correcting.

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By Lee on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 10:16am.

No apology to friends?

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By Refugee on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 10:55am.

The real reckless screw up was giving two cousins the same name.

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By KellyJMF on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 12:15pm.

Posts about a death are not a place to crack wise. Be kinder, please.

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By CuteUsername on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 1:31pm.

From the obituary it seems that the recently deceased Edward Coppinger was named after his father, so I guess it was a name that got repeated a decent amount. Edward used to be an extremely common name, and naming people after their family members also used to more popular, so it's easy to see how this situation arose.

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By dmk on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 1:21pm.

The automated email notices that some get when a post is released got away as well. That showed up in my email box but by the time I clicked the post had been pulled. Not sure if the system has a recall button but just be aware that got away from you as well.

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By Gerry on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 2:46pm.

Still appearing as the first search result on google.

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By adamg on Mon, 12/14/2020 - 10:54pm.

Eventually, that'll go away, in the meantime, I've created an alias for that URL so anybody who clicks on it will get this correction.

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