Unwritten rules on epitaphs!?

[Matt Mackenzie]

"I hadn't though that cause of death might be a bit distressing on some occasions. I think journalistic etiquette is "after a short illness" and "after a long illness""

Yes. In extreme cases, for example, I'm informed that unfortunately when suicide is reported, some people who read the reports are more likely to try it themselves. I don't think we would want that...

In some death notices, you'll see the word "unexpectedly". This might be "code" for something, but I wouldn't like to say what.

A "shocking" death is if anything an even more explicit hint there.

[John Cox]

Good grief. It seems extraordinarily mean-spirited to me to complain about obituaries of foreign GMs and well-known players. In my opinion they add to the forum.