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obituaries  

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  • An obituary (the root of the word is obit, Latin for “death”) is a news report of someone's death, often with a biographical sketch of the deceased. Obituaries typically appear within days or a week after the subject has died. [Source: Encyclopedia of Journalism; Obituaries]

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