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Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
In 2008, Coombs Lee was a senior advisor for the Washington State Death with Dignity ballot initiative that voters approved by an 18-point margin, becoming the second state to legalize aid in dying. In 2009, the Montana Supreme Court ruled in the landmark case brought by Compassion & Choices ( Baxter v.
Barbara Coombes killed Kenneth Coombes in January 2006, burying his body in the family home in Matlock Road, Reddish.
John Coombs, 91, British racing driver and team owner. [36] Les Cooper, 92, American doo wop musician. [37] Dixie Evans, 86, American burlesque dancer, stroke. [38] Jack Hightower, 86, American politician, member of the Texas House of Representatives (1953–1955), Senator (1965–1974), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas ...
Within minutes of the news that former first lady Barbara Bush had died Tuesday at the age of 92, tributes began pouring in from political figures, including those in her own family.
Barbara La Marr: 1896–1926 Actress No [220] William S. Ladd: 1826–1893 Businessman, industrialist No Mary Catherine Lamb: 1949–2009 Textile artist No Ray Lampkin: 1948– Retired professional boxer Yes Ben Hur Lampman: 1896–1954 Editor, Oregon poet laureate Yes Cowboy Lang: 1950–2007 Midget professional wrestler No [221] k.d. lang ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in December 2014.. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence:
Sometimes the prewritten obituary's subject outlives its author. One example is The New York Times' obituary of Taylor, written by the newspaper's theater critic Mel Gussow, who died in 2005. [7] The 2023 obituary of Henry Kissinger featured reporting by Michael T. Kaufman, who died almost 14 years earlier in 2010. [8]