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Why is it so rare to put somone's cause of death in their obituary?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Because most obituaries are now paid for by family members, rather than being News items used as filler.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Not always but some people consider it morbid.

    You sometime see "...dies on March 21st after a long battle with cancer"

    or

    "...die peacefully at home after a short illness"

    The exception is a public figure when people WANT to know more.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    People sometimes state the reason, but only if it's an "appealing" one. So, " died ... after a courageous battle with lung cancer" could be said, while " did from being hit by a car" is somewhat tasteless.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    the belief system of causiality and avoidance of \certian death in\ducling criteria has yet to have been reported. do a u report and send it to c nn.

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  • 1 decade ago

    think its a personal thing

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