Wednesday, August 05, 2009

Death notices

Richard Allsopp was given an obituary in The Times yesterday (he died on June 3). For some reason they refer to him as British Guiana-born, which was of course true at the time, but it would have seemed neater to write Guyana-born, if they insist on the hyphenation.

It shared the page with the obituary of Lady Bustamante, widow of Sir Alexander, the first Jamaican prime minister – she died on July 25.

In one of those great examples of the obituarist's art “It is sufficient to say that she stood by the side of her flamboyant husband and was not overshadowed” – although they do go on to expand that in over 600 words.

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