Description of document: Listing of all prewritten obituaries of notable individuals prepared by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) as of 07-February-2011 Requested date: 03-October-2010 Released date: 22-February-2011 Posted date: 14-March-2011 Date/date range of document: 1982-2011 Source of document: BBG, FOIA/PA Unit Room 3349 330 Independence Ave. SW Washington, D.C. 20237 Fax: (202) 203-4585 The governmentattic.org web site (“the site”) is noncommercial and free to the public. The site and materials made available on the site, such as this file, are for reference only. The governmentattic.org web site and its principals have made every effort to make this information as complete and as accurate as possible, however, there may be mistakes and omissions, both typographical and in content. 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Broadcasting Board of Governors 330 Independence Ave. SW T 202.203.4550 United States of America Cohen Building, Room 3349 F 202.203.4585 Washington, DC 20237 Office ofthe General Counsel Freedom of Information and Privacy Act February 22, 2011 RE: Requests Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act- FOIA #11-006 This letter is in response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), which was filed October 3, 2010 and was for: A printout/listing of all the pre­ written obituaries (of notable individuals) prepared by the BBG, and a copy of the procedures for preparing advance obituaries for notable individuals. Your request was received by the Agency on October 12, 2010. Enclosed are the documents the Agency found responsive to your request. No documents regarding procedures for preparing advance obituaries for notable individuals were located. No documents or information was withheld or redacted in conjunction with this request. For the purposes of assessing fees pursuant to the OMB Fee Guidelines, you were placed in Category III, the "all other requester" category, because you did not fall within any of the other fee categories. However, since there are no chargeable fees associated with this request you will not be billed. This completes the Agency's response to this request, and it is hereby closed. If you have any questions regarding your request, I can be contacted at (202) 203-4550 or Office of the General Counsel, Broadcasting Board of Governors, 330 Independence Avenue, S.W., Room 3349, Washington, DC 20237. Currently, no inquiries are accepted via E-mail. Sincerely, ~,~4 Andrew T. Krog FOIA and Privacy Act Officer Obits By Region: AFRICA Radio/TV piece on file? Annan, Kofi Ghana No dos Santos, Jose Eduardo Angola No Kaunda, Kenneth Zambia No Klerk, F.W. South Africa No Mandela, Nelson South Africa TV ( Rh!,IJ Mangosuthu, Buthelezi South Africa No Mengistu, Hailemariam Ethiopia No Moi, Daniel Arap Kenya TV only Mugabe, Robert Zimbabwe No Muzorewa, Abel Zimbabwe No Nujoma, Sam Namibia No Pereira, Aristides Cape Verde No Rene, Albert Seychell No Roelof, Botha South Africa No Smith, lan Zimbabwe No Suzman, Helen South Africa No Toivo, Andimba Herman Namibia No Tutu, Desmond South Africa TV-radio Vieira, Joao Bernardo Guinea-Bissau No N. AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST Radio/TV piece on file? Bin Laden, Osama radio only Mubarak Hosni Egypt No Sharon, Ariel Israel TV/radio Kuwait Emir Kuwait radio Khamenei Iran tv East Asia Radio/TV piece on file? Giap, Vo Nguyen Vietnam No Hun Sen Cambodia No Hu Jintao China radio only Lee Kuan Yew Singapore no Nakasone, Yasuhiro Japan no Mahathir Mohamad Malaysia radio only Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand no King Sihanouk Cambodia radio only King Bhumibol Adulyadej Thailand radio only Joseph Estrada Phillipines radio only Abdullah Badawi Malaysia radio only Empress Michiko Japan radio only Thaksin Shinawatra Thailand radio only Kim Jong II N Korea TV only Tung Chee-hwa China TV only Gok Chok Tong China radio only Lee Hsien Loong Singapore radio only Li Ka Shing China radio only President Kim S Korea radio only Emperor Akihitio Japan radio only Junichiro Koizumi Japan radio only South Asia Radio/TV piece on file? Aquino, Corazon Philippines no Ghandi, Sonia India no Giap, Vo Nguyen Vietnam no Hun Sen Cambodia no Kumaratunga, Chandrika Sri Lanka no Lee Kuan Yew Singapore no Musharraf, Pervez Pakistan TV/radio Nakasone, Yasuhiro Japan no Prabhakaran, Velupillai Sri Lanka no Prem Tinsulanonda Thailand no Sharif, Nawaz Pakistan no Sihanouk, Norodom Cambodia radio only Vajpayee, Atal Bihari India no Zahir Shah, Mohammad Afghanistan no Osama bin Laden radio EUROPE Radio/TV piece on file? Bonner, Yelena fmr. Soviet Union no Carlos, King Juan Spain no Clarke, Arthur United Kingdom no d'Estaing, Valery Giscard France no Genscher, Hans Dietrich Germany no Gonzalez, Felipe Spain no Gorbachev, Mikhail fmr. Soviet Union no Grass, Guenter Germany no Havel, Varclav Czech Republic no Hawking, Steven United Kingdom radio only Herzog, Roman Germany no Hume, John N Ireland radio only Jaruzelski, Wojciech Poland no Kohl, Helmut Germany no LaFontaine, Oskar Germany no Michael I, King Romania no Mihajlov, Mihajlo Russia no Orlov, Yuri fmr. Soviet Union no Prince Charles United Kingdom no Prince Philip United Kingdom radio only Queen Beatrix Netherlands no Queen Elizabeth United Kingdom no Schmidt, Helmut Germany no Shcharansky, Anatoly Russia no Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Russia radio only Taylor, Elizabeth United Kingdom no Thatcher, Margaret United Kingdom radio only Waldheim, Kurt Austria no Walesa, Lech Poland no Weizsaecker, Von Germany no Karadzic, Radovan Serbia radio NORTH AMERICA Radio/TV piece on file? Brady, James no Bush, George TV/radio Byrd, Robert TV/radio Carter, Jimmy radio-tv Cheney, Richard 'Dick' radio only Chennault, Anna Chan no Dole, Robert radio Farrakhan, Louis no Glenn, John no Graham, Billy TV only Greenspan, Alan no Guliani, Rudy radio only Haig, Alexander no lacocca, Lee no Kennedy, Edward (Ted) TV/radio Kirpatrick, Jeane no Kissinger, Henry no Koch, Edward no Maazel, Lorin no McCain, John no Nader, Ralph no Powell, Colin no Reagan, Nancy radio only Trump, Donald no Clinton Bill radio Thomas Helen TV Bush, HW TV-radio LA TIN AMERICA Radio/TV piece on file? NORTH. AMERICA Cardoso, Fernando Brazil no Brady, James Castro, Fidel Cuba TV/radio Bush, George Castro, Raul Cuba TV only Byrd, Rdbert Duvalier, Jean-Claude Haiti no Carter, immy Fujimori, Alberto Peru no Cheney Richard 'Dick' Obando Bravo, Miguel Nicaragua no Chenna It, Anna Chan Ortega, Daniel Nicaragua no Dole, R bert Pastora, Eden Nicaragua no Farrak n, Louis Seaga, Edward Jamaica no Glenn, ohn Graha I Billy lacocc , Lee Kenne y, Edward (Ted) Reagan, Nancy Trump, onald Clinton Bill Thomas Helen Bush, HW FROM INEWS OBIT: Hu Jintao Solzhenitsyn obit-Heinlein.rtf Obit, John Hume (N.Ireland) BKG Laurie Kassman other obits in assignments supple is do NOT delete stories in this folder!!!! 5- Obit: Prince Philip Background Report Laurie Kassman 5- Obit I Margaret Thatcher Background Report Laurie Kassman Cheney Obit BKR Stearns 5- Obit/ Kuwait Emir LCR Dale Gavlak NE WIN OBIT BKR Gary Thomas 5-54170 Aliyev Obit BKR McAdams Osama Bin Laden Obit/Profile BKR Kitchen bin laden obit Sharon Obit HOLD HOLD Obit: Malaysia Mahathir Obit: Junichiro Koizumi BKG Martig Obit: Cambodia King Sihanouk BKG Corben Obit: Sonia Gandhi BKG Pasricha Obit: Nepal Koirala LCR Pasricha Obit: Thai King Bhumibol BKG Bobb SIDEBAR: THAI KING PEOPLE Obit: Thai Queen Sirikit LCR Schearf Obit: Emperor Akihito Bickers Obit: Joseph Estrada LCR Martig Obit: Abdullah Badawi BKG Bay ron Obit: Empress Michiko BKG Bickers Giuliani Obit BKR Schoetzau Obit: Thailand Thaksin Shinawatra Ferraro Obituary BKR Cassandra Pervez Musharraf Obit LCR Collins Castro Obit (New Radio Obit) Obit: Li Ka Shing- Hong Kong BKG Blume Obit: Bangladesh Khaleda Zia BKG Pasricha Obit: Singapore Lee Hsien Loong BKG Blume Obit: Singapore Goh Chok Tong BKG Blume Obit: Hong Kong Tung Chee Hwa BKG Blume 5- Suharto Obit- updated version.rtf 5-61656 Karadzic I Profile BKR Wood NANCY REGAN OBIT BKG Wolfson Vaclav Havel Obit CR-L WOOD 5- Obit: George HW Bush HFR Buel Stephen Hawking OBIT OBIT Rivers 2-355462 SOKOR Kim Obit (L-0) Achin SIDEBAR: THAI KING PEOPLE OBIT-BILL CLINTON (HOLD) CR-L Colombant/Wash OBIT: Robert Dole BKG Saine 5- Nigeria Yar'Adua Obit BKR Stearns J.Carter Obit 7- Obit: Whitney Harris Radio Feature Sepic 5-64092 Dick Cheney Obit (Advance) BKG Klein IMF- WORLD BANK CR-L Presto Mubarak Obit HOLD Arrott 5-64549 Sharon Obit BKG Ramirez Sharon Obit BKR Ramirez 5-64549 Sharon Obit BKG Ramirez Desmond Tutu Obit (HOLD) TV News ReportDeborah Block Thailand King Obit Americans pay respect to Ford TV Feature Report Jeff Swicord Billy Graham Obit TV Feature Ernest Leong Mugabe Obit (Hold) TV News ReportChris Simkins Fidel Castro Obituary (hold) OBIT Bill Rodgers (hold- Updated) Raul Castro Profile TV News ReportBrian Wagner Obit: Vaclav Havel (HOLD) TV News ReportWood Kim Jong II Obit (hold release) TV News