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The following day, the Vietnam News Agency acknowledged the news that Giáp had died and announced a national funeral. There was an immediate outpouring of grief in the country, and many people regarded Giáp as the second-most important figure of Vietnam's 20th-century history, after Ho Chi Minh . [ 1 ]
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 ...
American obituary for WWI death Traditional street obituary notes in Bulgaria. An obituary (obit for short) is an article about a recently deceased person. [1] Newspapers often publish obituaries as news articles. Although obituaries tend to focus on positive aspects of the subject's life, this is not always the case. [2]
A state funeral was held on 17 October 2012 and the National Television of Kampuchea repeatedly screened a 30-minute documentary about his life. [4] Sihanouk's body then reposed in the Royal Palace until 1 February 2013 where it lay in state until 4 February 2013, when it was finally cremated. [ 5 ]
Melania was joined at the funeral by Donald, 77, Baron and her father, Viktor, 79. The funeral was held one week after Melania announced via X that her mother died at age 78. “Amalija Knavs was ...
Rebecca Cheptegei, a long-distance runner from Uganda who competed in the women's marathon at the recent Summer Olympics in Paris, has died days after being doused in gasoline and then set on fire ...
Newsweek’s profile of a former death row inmate and convicted murderer, who is transitioning into a woman, shocked readers who called it "puff piece.". Steven Joseph Hayes was previously ...
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) delayed the announcement of his death until 16:00 later that day, when a radio message broadcast across the nation announced the news of Mao's passing while appealing for party unity. [4] The Chinese government ordered a week of national mourning with flags at half-mast.