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Condolences (from Latin con (with) + dolore (sorrow)) are an expression of sympathy to someone who is experiencing pain arising from death, deep mental anguish, or misfortune. [ 2 ] When individuals condole, or offer their condolences to a particular situation or person, they are offering active conscious support of that person or activity.
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 ...
Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, a passionate champion of mental health, caregiving, and women’s rights, passed away Sunday, Nov. 19, at 2:10 p.m. at her home in Plains, Georgia, at the age of 96.
Over 14,000 people gathered for Coretta Scott King's eight-hour funeral at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, on February 7, 2006, where daughter Bernice King, who is an elder at the church, eulogized her mother.
A makeshift memorial of flowers, flags, and cards was also created by members of the public outside the gates of Bush's Houston home. [36] The Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas announced on December 1 that it would immediately lay out a book of condolence for members of the public to sign. [37]
An enraged woman allegedly shouted “You’re all going to die today” before lighting a Queens garage on fire with her ex-boyfriend and his female friend inside — killing them both ...
The condolence ceremony or condolence council [1] is a part of the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace. It governs succession to political offices after a leader dies. [2] [3] The ceremony is held in the community whose leader has died. [2] [4] Attendees are divided into two moieties: the clear-minded and the downcast or bereaved.