Never noticed this at the bottom of the obits before: > How The Times decides who gets an obituary. If you made news in life, chances are your death is news, t

Never noticed this at the bottom of the obits before: > How The Times decides who gets an obituary. If you made news in life, chances are your death is news, too. There is no formula, scoring system or checklist. We investigate, research and ask around before settling on our subjects. > “Some 155,000 people die between each day’s print version of The New York Times and the next — enough to fill Yankee Stadium three times over. On average, we publish obituaries on about three of them.” -- William McDonald, obituary editor