Tony Hart dies twice, Morph forced to intervene

The Hartbeat presenter is mourned a second time on the internet

News that Morph creator Tony Hart had passed away swept Twitter like a tidal wave of sadness over the weekend.

Fans expressed their sorrow that the Hartbeat presenter, who had inspired so much of their childhood viewing had sadly died, tweeting a link to a Guardian obituary honouring his life:

They also failed to note that the lead tribute on the article came from a currently jailed Rolf Harris.

Even Wikipedia got it wrong. Yes, even Wikipedia:

And henceforth came the ‘Tony Hart died twice’ trend – this time without the suspect tributes: