The Michael Schumacher who died was 75 years old, born in the USA, and was a well-known journalist and biographer.
It was a lot of aim: it was called Michael Schumacher e he died on December 29th.
But no, who died was not the former Formula 1 champion We had a very serious skiing… on the 29th December. But from 2013.
This Schumacher who died was 75 years old. And not 57 years, like the German – yes, even those numbers can create confusion.
It was a journalist e biographer, Born in the USA, more specifically in Kansas. Lived in Wisconsin.
He left a list of acclaimed biographies, about several well-known personalities: Francis Ford Coppola, Eric Clapton or Allen Ginsberg.
He was a man who loved to talk and who still wrote down ideas, drafts, of his books by hand, recalled his daughter Emily Joy Schumacher.
Now, of course, the announcement of this death caused a great wave of sadness and of regrets on social media.
And from confusion.
“The man, the myth, the legend Michael Schumacher has died” or “Rest in peace, Michael, you were a track hero”, read on the internet.
Until someone noticed that those posts were about the wrong man. And the clarification spread there, also on social media.
i was today’s years old when i found out there were two people named michael schumacher in this world
— diana ¹ #LN1 CHAR DAY (@flurofour)
Driver Michael Schumacher is alive. His health condition has been very delicate for 13 years, and kept confidential by his family.
