Originally Posted by DarthTedious

Ok, now, when I first heard "family issues," I thought, "someone died."

Now, if I had known anything about his wife, I might have thought, "hm, his wife died."

Now, if I put those two things together, and were a complete asshole, I might decide to change Wikipedia in the spirit of assholiness.

So I can see it happening... but it's still creepy.

Alternatively:

"Hey, Chris Benoit missed a show because of a family emergency."
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"Hey, Chris Benoit missed a show because someone at home was sick."
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"Hey, Benoit missed a show because someone in his family died."
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"Benoit missed a show because his wife died."
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"Benoit's wife died? Wikipedia must know!"

Telephone game, y'know?