2014-03-04

For Whom The Bell Tolled

So this morning, I was reading a newspaper at the breakfast table. Yeah, weird, I know - I don't even wipe my tiny shiny heiny with newspapers these days, and I don't eat breakfast either.

However, I was intrigued by an article in the Obituaries.

"GUERK, ROBERT


of Palo Alto


Xerox Employee

Died March 04, 1994

First Reported Death

On The Internet
."


It made me wonder, when I emerged into the world of consciousness - when was the first ever death announcement made over the internet? When and where did it appear? And who was it for whom the bell tolled?

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