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obituary

noun as in notice of person's death

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Ms. Ávila shared an obituary that helped me better know my first teacher.

In Johnson’s obituary, her children and surviving siblings presented Sovann Komar as her proudest achievement and its unusual setup as “a case study for many similar projects around the world.”

Given that context, Hawke’s musing about one of Redford’s obituaries makes sense.

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Ms Souza was hospitalised in a critical condition and tests showed she had methanol in her system, as did her boyfriend, according to an obituary posted online.

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“I’m constantly seeing the obituary of a celebrity who has passed and I go to the workshop and there’s their box,” he said.

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