[lbo-talk] The creation of the modern British obituary

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sun Dec 30 06:52:05 PST 2007


On Dec 30, 2007, at 7:49 AM, andie nachgeborenen wrote:


> It will be noted that despite the subject matter, this
> obit below is a typically dreary US-style tomstone
> obit. Bad habits are not easily unlearned.

By American standards, esp those of the NYT, the thing approaches the witty.

Doug



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