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As we say so long farewell to veteran actor Christopher Plummer, Mark Shenton praises the art of obituary writing

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If, as Monty Python famously urges, we should always look on the bright side of life, then the brighter side of death are obituaries. They’re one of my absolutely favourite forms of journalism, and I read them just as avidly as I read the best critics; and it’s for the same reasons.