NY Times Has 1,700 Obituaries for 'Pre-Dead'
Anyone interested in morbid news will appreciate The New York Times pulling back the curtain on its obituaries desk.
According to Margalit Fox, the Times currently has about 1,700 obits for “pre-dead” people on file, ranging from a few hundred words (if you were boring) to more than 10 thousand (if you were rich).
Unsurprisingly, Fox writes that one of the most uncomfortable aspects of preparing obits is interviewing people who the Times deems close to death:
One of the most stressful aspects of reporting an advance entails, when feasible, telephoning its pre-dead subject for an interview.
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