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610 points fantunes | 3 comments | 22 Jul 25 18:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.85s | source

1. Permit ◴[22 Jul 25 19:48 UTC] No.44652163[source]▶

Many (probably not most, but close to it) death announcements on Hacker News are not tech related: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

In recent posts I see Brian Wilson (musician), Sly Stone (musician), Frederick Forsyth (author) and Michael Madsen (actor) all with over 50 points.

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2. nubinetwork ◴[22 Jul 25 23:45 UTC] No.44654259[source]▶

Just because the moderators don't follow their own rules, doesn't make it right to spam obituaries about random celebrities

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3. ◴[23 Jul 25 03:28 UTC] No.44655473{3}[source]▶

Ozzy Osbourne has died