Comments on: Because “passed away” is passé http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/09/14/because-passed-away-is-passe/ Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 22 May 2012 09:46:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 by: John http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/09/14/because-passed-away-is-passe/#comment-19353 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:58:30 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/09/14/because-passed-away-is-passe/#comment-19353 Excuse me, William McKinley "June Rabbit" Hartsfield, Jr. Excuse me, William McKinley “June Rabbit” Hartsfield, Jr.

]]> by: John http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/09/14/because-passed-away-is-passe/#comment-19352 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:54:06 +0000 http://gearino.com/index.php/2009/09/14/because-passed-away-is-passe/#comment-19352 I always heard that newspapers start composing obits for people of note long before they actually buy the farm. That way, when the dearly beloved one finally crosses to the other side, all you gotta do is update the roll of surviving loved ones and print it. Are obit writers really just frustrated poets or novelists? The author of Rabbit McKinley's obit was pretty creative. I always heard that newspapers start composing obits for people of note long before they actually buy the farm. That way, when the dearly beloved one finally crosses to the other side, all you gotta do is update the roll of surviving loved ones and print it.

Are obit writers really just frustrated poets or novelists? The author of Rabbit McKinley’s obit was pretty creative.

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