Fake news abounds. For the first time ever, there’s a book that takes fake news to a new plateau — six feet under!

Authors Barry Nelson and Tom Schecker are happy to present Mr. Ed: Dead: And Other Obituaries of the Most Famous People Who Never Lived (9781402237447, Sourcebooks, Inc., May 2010, $10.99, Humor), a hilarious parody of famous characters and their imagined obituaries.

Mr. Ed: Dead recounts, in laugh-out-loud detail, the lives and deaths of hundreds of illustrious characters: Mr. Magoo, Holden Caulfield, Snow White, Forrest Gump, Betty Crocker, Hello Kitty, Doogie Howser, and the Fonz. These characters had a fictional life, and, darn it, they deserve an equally creative death!
Fully illustrated and presented in scrapbook form, Mr. Ed: Dead blends obits with news stories, classified ads and police reports. The book unearths long lost diaries, medical histories and product recalls, often using the fictional world to satirize real-life people and events.

Barry Nelson and Tom Schecker met as college roommates 30 years ago, and hope this book will satisfy their English 101 requirements. Nelson has been a radio host and producer, and he has written for a number of NPR personalities. Currently Director of TV and Radio Fundraising at WGBH/Boston, he lives in Massachusetts. Schecker is a systems architect who spent 15 years at Goldman Sachs before contributing to the demise of 3 internet startups. He now works at a major law firm and lives in Manhattan, where he performs standup comedy.

For more information, please visit www.mreddead.com.

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