Writing an Obituary > An advance obituary

1			How is it that newspapers always seem to have lengthy packages prepared for print whenever a public figure dies? They prepare obituaries in advance, leaving temporarily blank the circumstances surrounding the death. Using information you find on the Internet, prepare an advance obit for one of the following: Ralph Nader, consumer advocate and U.S. presidential nominee George Foreman, boxer Amy Tan, author Kathleen Blanco, governor of Louisiana Ross Perot, businessman and U.S. presidential candidate Eminem, rapper Madonna, pop star Bill Cosby, comedian George Soros, philanthropist Bill Clinton, former U.S. president George W. Bush, U.S. president Madeleine Albright, former U.S. secretary of state Ray Horn, tiger trainer Kay Bailey Hutchinson, U.S. senator from Texas George Takei, actor Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel Peace Prize winner Spike Lee, filmmaker Toni Morrison, author Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf Akira Kurosawa, filmmaker Oprah Winfrey, talk-show host Yo Yo Ma, cellist Keanu Reeves, actor Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo Tenzin Gyatso, Dalai Lama