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Before getting to the relevant movie reference, a bit of journalistic nomenclature that often confuses readers: the difference between obituaries and death notices.
Obituaries are written by employees of the newspaper where they run, their subjects chosen by editors on the basis of newsworthiness. They're longer than death notices, those blocks of agate type that run across from the obituaries, and which are paid for and written by the deceased person's family. So it's no surprise when a movie star dies to see his or her obituary in the paper. What is a surprise is to see a death notice -- let alone one as charming and flavorful as this one, for Patricia Neal, which ran in today's Globe. Neal lived for many years on the Vineyard. It's nice to think of her as not just an Oscar-winning actress, which she certainly was (see previous blog post), but also a neighbor.
Contributors
Ty Burr is a film critic with The Boston Globe.Wesley Morris is a film critic with The Boston Globe.
Mark Feeney is an arts writer for The Boston Globe.
Janice Page is movies editor for The Boston Globe.
Tom Russo is a regular correspondent for the Movies section and writes a weekly column on DVD releases.
Nicole Cammorata is a producer for Arts & Entertainment and Things to Do at Boston.com.
Katie McLeod is Boston.com's features editor.
Rachel Raczka is a producer for Lifestyle and Arts & Entertainment at Boston.com.
Glenn Yoder is an Arts & Entertainment producer at Boston.com.
Mawuse Ziegbe is an Arts & Entertainment producer at Boston.com.
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