User:Kevin McE/sandbox/deaths in RD era

Armstrong died before the RD ticker was initiated. I believe that only Ravi Shankar, Hugo Chávez and currently Zillur Rahman have had a death blurb in the era of the ticker. Kevin McE (talk) 8:42 pm, 23 March 2013, Saturday (15 days ago) (UTC+0)

And the Ravi Shankar nomination was highly contentious. --IP98 (talk) 9:23 pm, 23 March 2013, Saturday (15 days ago) (UTC+0)

I think Dave Brubeck also appeared briefly as a full blurb, and was then relegated to RD list. Kevin McE (talk) 10:09 pm, 23 March 2013, Saturday (14 days ago) (UTC+0)

Oh, sorry for the poor example. A better equivalent example might be Eric Hobsbawm (RD era) who died after fighting leukemia for several years. And also we've actually had quite a couple posted deaths: Yash Chopra (illnes but still active ), Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano (killed in shootout), and a few other assassinations. SpencerT♦C 11:34 pm, 23 March 2013, Saturday (14 days ago) (UTC+0)

I think the only two natural deaths to be given a full blurb since the creation of the Recent deaths section five months ago is Hugo Chavez and Roger Ebert. (There have been two assassinations posted.) While I'm hesitant to throw the label "U.S.-centrism" at this posting (there are other factors that may have led to greater interest in him), I'm not sure Ebert's death (with it's limited cultural impact and no long-term news presence) was what was intended for getting a full blurb in the post-RD days. -- tariqabjotu 9:19 pm, Yesterday (UTC+1)

We blurb posted the death in office of the Bangladeshi PM as well. --IP98 (talk) 1:49 am, Today (UTC+1)

Ok. So, three. -- tariqabjotu 2:19 am, Today (UTC+1)

+Eric Hobsbawm and Yash Chopra were other natural deaths posted (Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano was killed in a shootout). SpencerT♦C 3:04 am, Today (UTC+1)

Both of those were from before Recent deaths was added on October 23. -- tariqabjotu 3:30 am, Today (UTC+1)