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Barbara Taylor Bradford obituary: An author of substance
Shutterstock The title of Barbara Taylor Bradford’s most celebrated, and first, novel A Woman of Substance could well have been used to describe the author […]
British woman stunned to find out she’s dead by reading her own online obituary
A British woman was in for a surprise when her friends called to say her obituary was posted online, but she was still alive. United […]
Obituary: Peter Jay – the rise and fall of ‘the cleverest young man in England’
Getty Images Peter Jay, the former economics editor of the BBC, has died aged 87. At various times, Jay was also economics editor of the […]
Obituary: Alberto Fujimori
Reuters Alberto Fujimori was serving a prison sentence at the time of his death The controversial former Peruvian president, Alberto Fujimori has died aged 86. […]
Maine woman writes scathing obituary of her US Marine mom after she died aged 65: ‘Ding dong the witch is dead’
A Maine woman decided to take one last shot at her allegedly abusive mother after her death by writing a brutally candid obituary. Following the […]
Sven-Goran Eriksson obituary: Calm, dignified, positive, but never a pushover
It was before a Manchester City press conference when a worried club official came into the room to warn everyone that — and it’s a […]