Yahoo ran two headlines for a story on the death of Mikey Welsh. In the first, Mikey Welsh is the former Weezer bassist. In the second, Mikey Welsh is the ex Weezer bassist. Apparently, the Yahoo editorial staff had an internal debate over the propriety and semantics of using either "former" or "ex". The solution was to publish both headlines. Virtual pages are apparently cheap.
Now we have a very comprehensive understanding that Mr. Welsh is both dead and did at one time play the drums for a band called Weezer. He may or may not have left the band on good terms or left on good terms with some of the band members and on bad terms with others.
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