Before the famous and powerful die, notice of their death is often already written. When death comes — the details are polished, dates added, and their stories get shared.
When regular people die, that work falls to family or friends, scrambling to make final arrangements and remember details while grieving.
But there’s always been a middle space — where newsrooms can recognize lives lost through reported obituaries on regular people. As newspapers shrink and close, that space has gotten smaller and smaller.
