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# Obituary

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# Obituary
Ireland's peacemaker, John Hume (1937-2020)
The former SDLP leader has died aged 83.
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Aug 3rd 2020, 9:45 AM
Voices
Larry Donnelly: Trump re-election in 2020 not a done deal, but Democrats face an uphill battle
The Democrats bowed to pressure on impeachment, but will it make a difference to the 2020 result?
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Dec 26th 2019, 9:28 PM
# RIP
Remembering the Irish men and women we lost in 2018
It was the year we bid our final farewells to…
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Dec 31st 2018, 9:00 AM
# Obituary
US senator and former presidential candidate John McCain has died aged 81
The veteran politician is survived by his wife Cindy and seven children.
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Aug 26th 2018, 7:18 AM
# miguel ferrer
One of the ultimate 'that guy' character actors has passed away
Miguel Ferrer had an acting career that spanned four decades.
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Jan 20th 2017, 9:24 AM
# service to the state
Ireland's man of the century, TK Whitaker, dies aged 100
The humble civil servant created the blueprint for modern Ireland with his economic policies.
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Jan 9th 2017, 11:23 PM
# RIP
Prodigious British author and art critic John Berger has died aged 90
Berger’s Ways of Seeing programme changed the face of art criticism.
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Jan 2nd 2017, 9:51 PM
# Legend
'Irishman dies from stubbornness, whiskey': This man's brilliant obituary is going viral
“Absolut vodka and Simply Orange companies are devastated by the loss of Connors.”
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Dec 17th 2016, 3:01 PM
# Obituary
From Rome to Manila: Muhammad Ali 'shook up the world'
The world lost The Greatest last night.
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Jun 4th 2016, 10:53 AM
# shots fired
A woman used her obituary to diss both Trump and Clinton
Bow down.
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May 18th 2016, 8:03 AM
# RIP
Magician Paul Daniels dies aged 77
Daniels had been diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour.
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Mar 17th 2016, 8:49 AM
# Dying wish
This man used his obituary to urge people not to vote for Donald Trump and now he's going viral
“In lieu of flowers…”
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Jan 23rd 2016, 11:53 AM
# RIP
Deaths in 2015: Saying goodbye to those we loved and lost this year
It was the year we bid our final farewells to…
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Dec 31st 2015, 10:00 PM
# RIP
Geoffrey Howe, old ally to Margaret Thatcher, has died
Howe, former chancellor of the exchequer among other things, has died from a heart attack aged 88.
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Oct 10th 2015, 4:07 PM
# wonderful
This lady has the cutest obituary you'll read today
“She disliked very much the end of the football season, her middle name and McDonalds.”
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Aug 22nd 2015, 9:14 AM
# deadpan
This man's to-the-point obituary is going viral
Applause.
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Jul 3rd 2015, 11:47 AM
# RIP
Veteran RTE broadcaster Liam Ó Murchú has died
He was 86.
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Jun 29th 2015, 7:06 PM
# Ouch
Is this the harshest obituary headline ever?
The internet thinks so.
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Jun 24th 2015, 9:28 AM
# RIP
Ben E King, singer of Stand By Me, has died.
The singer was 76.
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May 1st 2015, 2:46 PM
# add it up
This grandmother's obituary has one very interesting detail
She has how many grandchildren?!
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Apr 30th 2015, 7:38 AM
# remember
Singapore's founding father, 'a true giant of history', dies aged 91
Lee Kuan Yew has been hailed as the person who turned Singapore into the prosperous city it is today.
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Mar 23rd 2015, 7:54 AM
# Superhero
This man's obituary says he died "due to an uppercut from Batman"
Here’s how it all came about.
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Feb 24th 2015, 10:08 AM
# fitting tribute
This man's obituary lists his cause of death as 'uppercut from Batman'
This has an unexpectedly brilliant opening paragraph.
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Feb 23rd 2015, 4:00 PM
# nevertheless
'Plain and overweight': This dreadful obituary of a female author is causing a storm online
Twitter users are posting their own obituaries in response to an Australian newspaper’s gaffe.
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Jan 30th 2015, 9:18 AM
# RIP
Golden era Hollywood actress Luise Rainer dies aged 104
Her roles ranged from the 1930s German stage to television’s The Love Boat.
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Dec 30th 2014, 3:06 PM
# Obituary
Dad with cancer writes funny, lovely obituary before death
Is it dusty in here?
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Dec 1st 2014, 7:57 AM
# RIP
Singer Alvin Stardust dies aged 72
The glamrock singer had a string of hits throughout the 1970s and 80s.
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Oct 23rd 2014, 11:27 AM
# Brill-ately
An Post's anniversary tribute to Seamus Heaney is beautiful
For when you want to rest the squat pen between finger and thumb and, you know, write a letter…
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Aug 28th 2014, 2:05 PM
# RIP
A risk taker, a dealer and a peacemaker: Remembering Albert Reynolds (1932-2014)
The 81-year-old former taoiseach passed away in the early hours of this morning.
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Aug 21st 2014, 11:26 PM
# rags to riches
Karl Albrecht, reclusive founder of Aldi supermarket, has died aged 94
He went from selling buns on the street, to having a fortune of $25.9 billion.
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Jul 21st 2014, 6:52 PM
# RIP
Prolific actor Eli Wallach dies at the age of 98
The actor was best known for his roles in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, and The Magnificent Seven.
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Jun 25th 2014, 7:49 AM
# RIP
Writer Maya Angelou has died at 86
She was best known for her work I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings.
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May 28th 2014, 2:33 PM
# Rest In Peace
This obituary for 'Pervert Dave' is completely real
He loved motorcycles.
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Apr 19th 2014, 5:00 PM
# RIP
Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel Prize-winning writer, has died
The Colombian writer was 87.
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Apr 17th 2014, 10:56 PM
# RIP
Sue Townsend, author of Adrian Mole books, has died
The author died at home at the age of 68.
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Apr 11th 2014, 1:10 AM
# RIP
President Higgins pays tribute to former Senator Sam McAughtry
McAughtry, who was a writer and broadcaster, had played a role in the peace process throughout his life.
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Mar 30th 2014, 3:44 PM
# raise a glass
Family discover wonderful obituary grandfather wrote for himself before he died
What a guy.
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Mar 11th 2014, 8:30 PM
# one last ride
Here's the touching police dog obituary that has the internet bawling its eyes out
Christopher Coscia’s heartfelt tribute to his canine companion went viral after appearing on Facebook.
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Jan 31st 2014, 11:53 AM
# RIP
Folk legend Pete Seeger dies at 94
The folk music champion died of natural causes at a New York hospital last night.
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Jan 28th 2014, 8:42 AM
# Obituary
Nelson Mandela: Prisoner, president and father of 'Rainbow Nation'
The former president of South Africa, who spent 27 years in prison, inspired a nation and the world.
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Dec 5th 2013, 10:41 PM
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