U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch kindly reminds Google that he's still alive
Hello, Google.
Just a friendly reminder that Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is very much alive and not at all dead, despite what your search engine may have recently suggested.
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On Monday, the 84-year-old senator tweeted a screenshot of his Google search results, which falsely indicated that he'd died on September 11, 2017.
"Hi.. @Google? We might need to talk," Hatch captioned the photo.
Hi.. @Google?
We might need to talk. pic.twitter.com/vdHbcccy7x— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Per HuffPost, the mistake reportedly originated from Hatch's Wikipedia entry, which included a false date of death. But Hatch's staff wants everyone to know that the senator is very much alive. After Hatch's Twitter account called out Google for its error, the account posted photos and videos of the senator reading Monday's newspaper and signing bills last week.
Here is Senator Hatch reading a newspaper earlier. pic.twitter.com/mRWyhfxece
— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Hatch's team even shared photos from of his 84th birthday celebration in March. It was apparently a bacon-themed party...?
The Senator’s 84th birthday in March.
The theme was bacon. 🥓 pic.twitter.com/qYpBJNNdgx— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
According to HuffPost, Hatch's Wikipedia page was updated less than an hour after the senator's tweet, and on Tuesday morning, a Google search of Hatch indicates that the error's been fixed.
Image: screengrab/google
Per Hatch's Twitter account, it looks like the senator even managed to advance a few bills while he was supposedly "dead."
In the brief period the internet pronounced Hatch dead, he advanced 3 bills. https://t.co/j9GoUhSP0m
Suicide hotline — https://t.co/cB4ju9Q4O9
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Even in death, Hatch remains one of the Senate’s most prolific legislators.— Senator Hatch Office (@senorrinhatch) July 24, 2018
Congrats on coming back from the afterlife, senator.