Julio Ricardo Varela goes through some of the 11 pages of death notices in today's Globe.
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As a longtime reader of the “Irish Sports Pages”
By Waquiot
Sun, 04/12/2020 - 7:37pm
In the time leading up to Covid-19, the Sunday Globe death notices has been getting bigger and bigger. I’d say 6 pages, maybe 7, was the norm.
Just putting a perspective on things. Also, he left out the full page ad on page A3. That was a heck of a remembrance of John T Callahan Jr.
I noticed the same thing
By MassMikMouse
Sun, 04/12/2020 - 8:25pm
Just heartbreaking....
I think part of why it's so many pages
By anon
Sun, 04/12/2020 - 9:06pm
is because each obituary is now like a column. They used to be a paragraph each.
They are all paid for
By Gary C
Mon, 04/13/2020 - 3:00pm
All the obits with a picture are paid for by the family. The more you write, the more it costs. I'm not complaining, it's one of the new sources of advertising that hasn't dried up during this crisis.
Looking at the photographs,
By Rob
Mon, 04/13/2020 - 3:17am
Looking at the photographs, one might think it was only white.
to be fair
By j4b
Mon, 04/13/2020 - 9:26am
They seem to save them all for Sunday. The rest of the week there's barely a page.
3 pages today
By Waquiot
Mon, 04/13/2020 - 10:21am
And considering the font size they use, less death notices than in the 1970s.
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