DeborahHowell

Why Would Any Non-Psychopath Dance on Deborah Howell's Grave?

Among the many things I do not understand – the appeal of the Coen brothers, for instance, and the whole adventure known as mathematics – the impulse to append a "Woohoo, you're dead!" comment to an online obituary looms large today. Why? Well, since you ask, on Saturday we ran a story about the death of Deborah Howell, a retired newspaperwoman who had a great career and was killed in a traffic accident in New Zealand, where she was on a long-planned vacation with her husband. Last night, I wandered into our comment section, as I often do, to get a sense of who is reading ...

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