They try to be circumspect about it, like "Hey famous person, I haven't heard about you for a while. What have you been up to?" but it's still pretty obvious what it's about.
None of the obituaries come close to matching the elapsed time of Richard III, but the NY Times has started publishing obituaries of overlooked individuals since the paper started publishing in 1851.
This is a different thing, though. In the case of Robert Hall, the NYT had written the obituary ahead of time, as is typical practice, but the passing was not even noted.
> In a 2012 interview for this obituary, he talked about the pleasure he took in a life of science.
That has to be one of the eeriest and most flattering calls one could ever receive:
"Hi, I'm from the New York Times, and I would like to interview you for your obituary."
They try to be circumspect about it, like "Hey famous person, I haven't heard about you for a while. What have you been up to?" but it's still pretty obvious what it's about.
Reminds me of the 'Overheard in the Goldman Sachs Elevator' joke:
#1: I asked him what his life goal is, and he said 'to make the obituary in The Economist.'
#2: Great answer.
https://twitter.com/GSElevator/status/365243105886216192?s=1...
This is fascinating. I've never seen an obituary published so long after someone's death before.
Indeed. I can only think of one other, which probably holds the record.
https://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21571379-richard-pla...
None of the obituaries come close to matching the elapsed time of Richard III, but the NY Times has started publishing obituaries of overlooked individuals since the paper started publishing in 1851.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/obituaries/overlook...
This is a different thing, though. In the case of Robert Hall, the NYT had written the obituary ahead of time, as is typical practice, but the passing was not even noted.
He died in 2016, to be clear.
You mean the Done bell only went off now?