No. 189: MR. X FROM PARTS UNKNOWN / A strange turn in an obit about a friend
He told me a secret one night & it would have made my tribute to him more compelling. I had no idea how to go there or if I should.
THE conundrum doesn’t come up often and, if you have more luck than I did, you won’t have to make a judgment call like I did.
The conundrum in play: What do you do with a piece of sensitive background that you were given in confidence by someone whose obituary you are now writing?
A further complicating factor: This information shared with you might not have been shared with the subject’s survivors.
Yeah, I know, sounds convoluted the way I’ve framed it, but it will be altogether clearer when I dig down. Patience.
CALL HIM MR. X
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