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What reliable sources report about causes of death for actors
Actors who died: what coroners, medical examiners and vital records offices publish about causes of death, and why a screen credit gap is not one.
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Buyers Desk
What separates the options in celebrity deaths and memorials, judged on what they do rather than what they claim.
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How to read the cause line in a celebrity death notice
Read the cause line of a celebrity death notice in four parts: wording, speaker, date and document, and learn which sources confirm a cause.
Guides
Career memorials this week: five earlier cases, 2023–2024
Career memorials this week: five earlier cases, 2023–2024, each with the office or archive that settles it — from Georgia vital records to the Irish GRO.
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How a deaths-today page is sourced: CDC counts, state certificates and memorial notices
How a celebrity deaths-today page is sourced: NCHS provisional data, CDC WONDER, state vital records, medical examiner releases and family notices, and which record supports which claim.
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Celebrity deaths: checking dates for Bowie and Prince
Celebrity deaths may be announced or documented later. Use Bowie and Prince to distinguish death dates from announcement, report, and service dates.
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Celebrity Funeral Home Death Announcement Basics
Celebrity funeral home death announcement basics: how families and clergy share approved service details through notices, websites, and bulletins.
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Citing celebrity death records from archive pages
Citing celebrity death records from archive pages: identify the dated source, note publication and revision dates, and keep a log of changes.
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How musician deaths are announced by cities, unions and venues
A guide to the three channels that announce a musician death: city memorial custom, union or guild notice, and venue tribute, with steps to verify each.
Reviews
Cause of death guides: which records hold a cause
Cause of death guides: which records hold a cause, who may request a certified copy, and what an obituary archive can publish when none is released.
Maintenance
Musicians Who Died This Week: Four Names Reported September 8–14, 2026
Musicians who died this week: four deaths reported between September 8 and 14, 2026, each with who reported it, what is known about the cause, and the five fields a record should hold.
Features
Actors who died: remembering Poitier, White and Rickman
Remembering actors who died: Sidney Poitier, Betty White and Alan Rickman, with their death dates, representative roles and distinct screen legacies.
Costs
How to request a death certificate in Texas, Florida, and Illinois for a celebrity death
To request death certificate Texas Florida Illinois celebrity records, check who may apply, the fees, the forms, and the waiting periods in each state.
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Deaths by month corrections: how a closed record should be fixed, with a worked change note
Deaths by month corrections: how a closed archive record should be fixed, how to submit a request, a worked change note, which vital-records offices handle certificates, and when an entry is withdrawn.
Features
Deaths by month: where celebrity death notices belong
Read deaths by month using the date a celebrity died, not when a notice appeared. Includes named historical examples and a weekly-notice checklist.
Costs
Celebrity deaths and causes: Boseman, Trebek, and Bowie
Past celebrity deaths and causes: what was disclosed about cancer in the cases of Chadwick Boseman, Alex Trebek, and David Bowie, alongside their work.
Rules
Deaths Today: How to Make a Celebrity Death Source Note Recheckable
Deaths today: a source-note format for celebrity death entries, with details that help readers trace an announcement after a link changes or fails.