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  2. List of prematurely reported obituaries - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Obituary - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Bonifay, Florida - Wikipedia

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    Bonifay was founded in 1882 [1] when the Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad was built across the Florida Panhandle, and was named by P&A executive W. D. Chipley [7] [failed verification] for Frank Bonifay, member of a prominent family who had a brickmaking factory in Pensacola, where the P&A was headquartered.

  5. Joan Sims - Wikipedia

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    Sims was born on 9 May 1930, the only child of John Henry Sims (1888–1964), Station Master of Laindon railway station in Essex, [1] [2] and his wife Gladys Marie Sims, née Ladbrook (1896–1981). [3] Sims's early interest in being an actress came from living at the railway station. She would often put on performances for waiting passengers.

  6. Parks Bonifay - Wikipedia

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    Bonifay was born in Lake Alfred, Florida. [1] He became a professional wakeboarder in 1994. Parks began competing as a 14-year-old, winning the X-Games in his first visit. [2] He has held many major titles including the Pro Wakeboard Tour titles in 1999 and 2001. He began waterskiing at the age of six months and 29 days old, setting a new world ...

  7. Joyce Sims - Wikipedia

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    Joyce Elizabeth Sims-Sandiford (August 6, 1959 – October 13, 2022) was an American singer and songwriter, whose biggest hit single, "Come into My Life", reached the top 10 in both the US Billboard R&B Chart and the UK Singles Chart in 1987.

  8. Murder of Adrianna Hutto - Wikipedia

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    Adrianna Elaine Hutto (September 16, 1999 – August 8, 2007) was a seven-year-old American girl who lived in Esto, Florida.On August 8, 2007, Adrianna's mother, Amanda E. Lewis, made a 911 call stating that she had found her daughter in the family's pool and she was not breathing. [1]

  9. 2018 in England - Wikipedia

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    1 January – Four young men die in unrelated New Year London stabbings. [1]A fire at the Liverpool Echo Arena car park destroys 1,400 cars. [2]3 January – the NHS in England cancels all non-urgent treatments from mid-January until the end of the month, as reports emerge of patients facing long waits for treatment and being stuck on trolleys in corridors, and of ambulances left queuing ...