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An old high school friend used to complain to me that journalists need to stop using in their articles euphemisms for death. Among other things, they can sometimes sound misleading. Such as this one, taken from an latimes.com headline I just saw: "Pianist's life lost during a walk home." Did the pianist die? Or did he drop his life when he was fishing his keys out of his pocket?
More descriptive was the subhead: "John Osnes, a pedestrians' advocate, died in an alleged road rage attack by Swedish rapper David Moses Jassy. The performer, so far, faces charges of assault, battery and leaving an accident scene."
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