Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No. When my fit, healthy 43 yr old cousin dropped dead next to his car in a parking lot they said he passed away in the obit. Eventually they learned it was an undiagnosed heart condition, but sometimes you need to write the obit before you even know what the cause of death was.
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OP, why do you think that you need to know? You don't seem like a very good person, frankly. I tend to hope you never find out the actual cause.
Oh please don't be so high and mighty. I think it's human nature to be curious about cause of sudden person in young assumed healthy person.
Anonymous wrote:When we were writing the obit after my brother recently died of sudden (and completely out of the blue) heart failure, we had intended to write "passed away unexpectedly", but the priest told us that often people use "unexpectedly" in an obit if they want to indicate suicide, so to think about whether we want to use the word. As others have said, "passed away" thing just means died.
Anonymous wrote:Twice in the last couple months I have come across the obituary of a "friend of a friend" who has died. In both cases, it only said "passed away" with no indication of how.
#1 was a 40 something male who was an intense athlete--in excellent shape with no mention of health condition/disease (like cancer) or being in an accident or the victim of an assault, etc.
#2 was a college student in his early 20's. Again, no mention of an accident, disease, etc.
Are these likely suicides? Drug overdose?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It means the person died of 'Mind Your Own Business.'
Plus One Tabratillion. Thread Over.
Although, OP, I wouldn't mind seeing your obit read "passed away unexpectedly" in the near future. Please leave your name so I can keep an eye out.
Looking forward!
Anonymous wrote:It means the person died of 'Mind Your Own Business.'
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No. When my fit, healthy 43 yr old cousin dropped dead next to his car in a parking lot they said he passed away in the obit. Eventually they learned it was an undiagnosed heart condition, but sometimes you need to write the obit before you even know what the cause of death was.
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OP, why do you think that you need to know? You don't seem like a very good person, frankly. I tend to hope you never find out the actual cause.
That's ridiculous. Everyone always wants to know the cause...especially when it's so unlikely. I'm also always wondering when I see younger people's obits in the paper without a reason.
What was weird here was your answer.
Anonymous wrote:"Passed away suddenly" or "passed away unexpectedly" is code for suicide. So we were informed by the catholic part of the family and the people at the newspaper when we were placing the announcement for my mum who died suddenly and unexpectedly of an aneurism.