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GoogObits
The  obituary is a forsaken piece of reporting some consider a dying art. Most deceased individuals receive the standard-issue obit in today's papers: born in, worked as, survived by, no flowers please. But we can learn much from a well-researched and written obituary. GoogObits culls such gems from various newspapers and augments them with links from Google searches. The result is a comprehensive look at a person's lifetime of achievements and victories, setbacks and heartaches. Psychologist Margaret Thaler Singer's clickable obit points you to further info on her groundbreaking research with brainwashed U.S. soldiers and interviews with Charles Manson. Earl Hindman, the unseen neighbor in TV's Home Improvement steps out from behind the fence with obit highlights of his early career. From an Army radar operator whose warning could have averted the Pearl Harbor bombing, to an Iranian judge with a penchant for ordering hanging executions, GoogObits proves there are fascinating and educational reads to be had from the obituary pages. (in Death and Dying) |
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