NEW DELHI: People Magazine accidentally published its pre-written obituary for renowned actor Kirk Douglas on Sunday night.

Reporting this, Variety of the United States said,“It is not uncommon for major publications to write their elaborate obituaries in advance, and People Magazine clearly did not mean to run the story as evident from the “DO NOT PUB” in the headline.

However, Kirk Spartacus Douglas and his family members are not happy. Douglas, who turns 98 next week, is not the first celebrity ‘death’ botched by People.

In 1982, Abe Vigoda was erroneously referred to as “the late Abe Vigoda” in People Magazine, which became a running joke about Vigoda on talk shows like “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” Vigoda is, of course, still alive.

Bloomberg made a similar obituary gaffe when it published news of Steve Jobs’ death in 2008 three years before the Apple co-founder’s actually passing away in 2011. The editors of Bloomberg quickly posted a retraction and apologized for the mistake.