Monday, June 27, 2005

I finally understand why my grandfather always read the obituaries

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There are two publications whose obituaries I always read. The Economist, which does a single obituary as a full page item to close each issue, always provides interesting facts about important, though sometimes little-known, people of our time.

And then, there's the Telegraph, which does the same, but with taglines such as this:
William Donaldson

Wykehamist pimp, crack fiend and adulterer who created Henry Root and produced Beyond the Fringe.
27 Jun 2005
How, I ask myself, could I not read such a death notice?

Posted by Patton on 06/27/05 at 11:08 PM
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