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Article: Grief and loss: a death observed. (thoughts on media coverage of the death of Princess Diana)(Editorial)
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- The Christian Century
- Article date:
- September 24, 1997
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The obituaries have become one of my favorite sections of the paper. I enjoy the little stories that emerge from the obits -- stories about a man who taught public school for 50 years, for example, or about someone who became the first woman to serve as alderman. I have no personal connection with most of the subjects, so I don't really grieve over their deaths. And I also like the obits because they leave out the bad stuff, the disappointments, the dreams unrealized, the mistakes made and the sins committed.
That wasn't the case with the massive media coverage of the death of Princess Diana. We knew a great deal about her -- not only about her story-book ...