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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. Rodney Wakeman - Wikipedia

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    Wakeman is a businessman in the funeral industry. Since 1984, Wakeman is a co-owner and funeral home director of Wakeman Funeral Home, a family business. [4] [3] Wakeman's opponent in the 2018 Michigan House of Representatives Republican primary election, Steve Gerhardt, requested a recount after Wakeman's close victory in the election.

  4. Mourning portraits - Wikipedia

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    Mourning portrait of K. Horvath-Stansith, née Kiss, artist unknown, 1680s A Child of the Honigh Family on its Deathbed, by an unknown painter, 1675-1700. A mourning portrait or deathbed portrait is a portrait of a person who has recently died, usually shown on their deathbed, or lying in repose, displayed for mourners.

  5. Post-mortem photography - Wikipedia

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    Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.

  6. Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel - Wikipedia

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    Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel on Madison Avenue at 81st Street in Manhattan. The Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel is a funeral home located on Madison Avenue at 81st Street in Manhattan. Founded in 1898 as Frank E. Campbell Burial and Cremation Company, the company is now owned by Service Corporation International.

  7. The second bite 'felt like a punch': Shark attack victim ...

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    The first shark bit him in the knee. The second shark bit him in the shoulder. But somehow, Marlin Deere Wakeman was able to pull himself out of the water and into a boat.

  8. Riverside Memorial Chapel - Wikipedia

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    The Riverside Memorial Chapel is an American Jewish funeral home chain with their main facility at 180 West 76th Street on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. [1] The company has been owned by Service Corporation International since 1971.

  9. Sarah Rosetta Wakeman - Wikipedia

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    Wakeman understood the tremendous financial pressure her family was under, and without possible suitors to take on her expenses, Wakeman left her home as a man in 1862 and went to work as a boatman for the Chenango Canal. [2]: 38 Wakeman's letters to her family allude to some sort of rift between them before her departure. [2]: 40