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     Kommentar till en text av DAVID DRUMMOND
Ärende: Roy RIP
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On 03-19-15, DAVID DRUMMOND said to MARK LEWIS:


DD>On 18/03/2015 10:09 AM, 1:3634/12 wrote:


BF>>    I thought that USA was a union of 50 more or less independent
BF>> states, with very diverging "rules"...?


ml> has nothing to do with death notices or obituaries... the newspapers
ml> decide what they will do or not...


DD>Are you suggesting that US newspapers make the decision to print an obit,
DD>and do it gratis?


Usually, unless the family submits a two or three paragraph obit giving a
sort of recap of the persons' life, an obituary is free if a newspapar just
up and prints one. It will typically be short and to the point:


Name:
DOB:
Date of death:
Cause:
Names (if any) of surviving wife, children.


If a family submits one it probably costs money.


If the person was `somebody'...like a local politician or well-known
public servant or figure, there will probably be a lengthy obit in
one or more of the local papers on them.


For instance, we had a sheriff here named John Duffy. He was the sheriff
for many years, was well liked and highly respected. After he decided not
to run again he retired and was invited to some country in South America to
teach law enforcement techniques. While there he had a heart attack and died.


There were several lengthy obituaries in all the local printed media (about 4
at the time) on him. News on his death in broadcast media lasted for a week or
two.


On the other hand, a neighbor off mine in a mobile home park I was living in
at the time, died. He was alone, unmarried, had one son who nobody could find.


There was a short obit in a local publication about a week later;
name...DOB...date of death...cause.





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