Obituaries

found: Genre terms : a thesaurus for use in rare book and special collections cataloging, via WWW, July 26 2014(Obituaries. BT Commemorative works. RT Epitaphs. RT Memorials (Commemorative))

found: Reitz, J.M. ODLIS : online dictionary of library and information science, July 26, 2014(obituary: A notice of a person's death, usually published in a newspaper or magazine, which may include a brief biographical sketch of the main events in the life of the deceased. Obituaries of well-known public figures may be researched and written long before death and kept on file in the morgue of a newspaper office, to be ready for printing on short notice. Abbreviated obit. Synonymous with death notice.)

found: Görlach, M. An alphabetical list of English text types, in Text types and the history of English, c2004:p. 59 (obituary 1 register of deaths, 2 record or announcement of a death, esp. in a newspaper)

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