From beyond the grave
The following tweet
Obits are a journalistic oddity. The Observer’s excellent Armstrong obit was written by Pearce Wright, who hiimself died in 2005.
— Chris Cook (@xtophercook) August 26, 2012
Brought the following reply
@xtophercook Even bigger time lag here – scroll to the bottom guardian.co.uk/science/2012/a…— Chaminda Jayanetti (@1000cuts) August 26, 2012
and yes, it is impressive that an Obit published in August 2012, was written by a man who died in 2001. But also note who wrote his obit.