Tony Buzan

[Matt Mackenzie]

The Latin phrases De mortuis nihil nisi bonum and De mortuis nil nisi bene [dicendum] ("Of the dead, [say] nothing but good") indicate that it is socially inappropriate to speak ill of the dead - Wikipedia, although similar sentiments appear across a wide range of sources.


I wouldn't suggest this holds good for, say, Adolf Hitler or Josef Stalin but - if one's rationale for departing from the rule is simply that the deceased was a "controversial figure" of whom one disapproved - this may say more about the speaker than his subject.

One person's "controversy" may be another person's something else, of course.

[IM Jack Rudd]

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I'm perfectly happy for people to use this section to discuss the controversial aspects of the lives of recently deceased people.

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[Carl Hibbard]

Returning from a week off I am far less convinced than Jack but will leave it to the individual to decide (for now...) if it is appropriate.

[Neil Graham]

Although Tony passed away in April 2019, I see that his name will live on in this limited company incorporated in July 2019:-

https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/12113995

[JustinHorton]

Subject of a number of postings in the End Of An Era thread, and this in Private Eye