On the night of 11 Aug 2014, the television channel BBC Three aired an episode of the animated show "Family Guy" called "Fatman and Robin" (this episode was made in 2012). In this, the lead character of the show (called Peter Griffin) gains the power to turn everyone he touches into a clone of somebody. After this goes out of control, Griffin attempts to stop it by trying to snuff his own life out.
The next day, media outlets were buzzing with what was undoubtedly a freak coincidence. What?
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In the show, Griffin turns everyone into the actor Robin Williams. Williams's death by suicide was made public at roughly the same time as the episode aired in Britain.
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