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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 ...
An online obituary on a local funeral site stated Vergara was a freshman who leaves behind her parents, one brother, and a large extended family. It described her as "an avid reader" who "loved ...
Christian funeral practises generally follow the Icelandic Church's Liturgy book. [4] The funeral is held in a church and performed by a priest. [5] After the ceremony the coffin is either taken to the cemetery to be buried or the crematorium to be cremated. [5] Once buried, wreaths, flowers and a wooden cross can be placed on the grave. [6]
A teenager has died after he collapsed during a varsity hockey game in New York.. Connor Kasin, 17, from Massapequa, lost consciousness on the ice during an intermission of the game at Oyster Bay ...
Farmer was the first woman in Rhode Island history to serve in statewide constitutional office and served two two-year terms, from 1982 through 1986 as a Republican. [1] After elected office, she then served as General Manager of Rhode Island PBS until her retirement in 2004. She died in 2013, in Providence, Rhode Island, at the age of 71 of ...
DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper behind the hits “Walk It Out” and “2 Step,” died at the age of 43. Unk, born Anthony Platt, was one of the key figures in snap music, a subgenre of crunk that ...
George Nelson Hunt III, 90, Episcopal prelate, bishop of Rhode Island (1980–1994) (b. 1931) [552] Paul Morantz , 77, attorney and investigative journalist (b. 1945) [ 553 ] October 24
Barbara M. Leonard (née Martin; June 12, 1924 – January 24, 2013) was an American Republican politician. She was born in Newport in 1924. [1]She was a candidate for the United States Senate in 1984 as a Republican, but lost to incumbent Claiborne Pell. [2]