If an obituary says "passed away" does that typically mean suicide?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"passed away suddenly at home" means suicide.

not always. a cousin of mine did just that.... embolism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These days, I tend to assume drug overdose in anyone under 40. At least 50% of the time a Google search will turn up confirmation, too.

I have metastatic cancer. I will die before I am forty. Thanks for assuming I am a drug addict.

I'm with the PP on this. Under 30 -- 80% chance it was drugs.

Between 30 - 40 and no kids - drugs AND you did something stupid like skydiving and still died.

Between 30 - 40 with kids - half drugs, 30% something stupid, and 20% - terminal diagnosis or like a pregnancy complication.

Good god. You need a hobby. You are spending too much time thinking about other people at their worst.

[Anonymous]

It means they ded.

[Anonymous]

Posted earlier but YES passed away/died suddenly at home has always been code for suicide or OD


https://www.google.com/amp/www.legacy.com/amp/news/culture-and-trends/article/addiction-suicide-and-obituaries

[Anonymous]

Usually when someone young does unexpectedly they will state the cause unless it is suicide or drugs/alcohol.

[Anonymous]

I'm from the South ... "Passed away" = died, no suicide.
"Passed away suddenly" = possibly suicide or unexpected illness

[Anonymous]

I am from Virginia and passed away is commonly used as a gentler way to say someone died. I have never understood it to mean that someone committed suicide, nor was that ever the case for any friend or family members for whom it was used in an obituary.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes they don't say when it is a complication due to alcoholism. Have seen that a few times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am from Virginia and passed away is commonly used as a gentler way to say someone died. I have never understood it to mean that someone committed suicide, nor was that ever the case for any friend or family members for whom it was used in an obituary.

Me neither OP. My 81 year old mother and 92 year old father "passed away" from natural causes. It's just the phrasing typically used in obituaries where I am from in Virginia.

"Hunting accident" = suicide.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Posted earlier but YES passed away/died suddenly at home has always been code for suicide or OD


https://www.google.com/amp/www.legacy.com/amp/news/culture-and-trends/article/addiction-suicide-and-obituaries

True. Not one hundred percent certain, but often yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Posted earlier but YES passed away/died suddenly at home has always been code for suicide or OD


https://www.google.com/amp/www.legacy.com/amp/news/culture-and-trends/article/addiction-suicide-and-obituaries

I also assumed for someone young that means suicide or OD and in rare cases an undiagnosed medical condition.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It means they have ceased to be--that they have shuffled off--bitten the dust--formerly alive--taken a dirt nap--met with the grim reaper--swimming with the fishes.

Lol. Where I'm from these are all neutral except the last, which refers only to killed by the mob.

[Anonymous]

My brother committed suicide at 30. We put his light has moved on to be closer to God. It sounded better than passed away and did not sound like suicide. It is a taboo subject but is now a top killer of human beings. Honestly, I also feel there is a negative attraction to it as famous people all the way to teens choose it as a permanent solution to a temporary problem. My brother battled a serious mental disorder and it has impacted me deeply.

[Anonymous]

Passed away just means died.

Died or passed away suddenly at home may mean suicide.

[Anonymous]

This is a good reminder for me to ask my family to never disclose my cause of death. I don’t want my medical information shared, even if it’s to disprove all the “drugs and suicide” assumptions.