obituary written by dead journalist
Newspapers write their obituaries for famous people ahead of time, so they have ready-to-go, detailed and accurate obituaries, rather than having to slap something together at the last minute. It's understandable, if a bit morbid.
But utnil today I'd never heard of an obituary for a dead person written by another dead person.
In today's New York Times, there's an obituary of space scientist James Van Allen, written by Walter Sullivan. The writer's name rang a bell, and I looked down at the bottom of the article to see if it said who he is. I found there, "Walter Sullivan, science editor of The New York Times, died in 1996."
The obituary, stored in waiting, outlived its author! By 10 years!
But utnil today I'd never heard of an obituary for a dead person written by another dead person.
In today's New York Times, there's an obituary of space scientist James Van Allen, written by Walter Sullivan. The writer's name rang a bell, and I looked down at the bottom of the article to see if it said who he is. I found there, "Walter Sullivan, science editor of The New York Times, died in 1996."
The obituary, stored in waiting, outlived its author! By 10 years!
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