Aside from being contacted by a family member or maybe some sort of contact information being left in a will, how do you discover if someone you know has died?

  • Boozilla@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    The authorities will try to notify someone in the immediate family (often the spouse). After that, if you are in their estate, the trustee should make a good faith effort to contact you. Beyond that, it’s normally just friends and family contacting each other.

    Back in the days when printed newspapers were common, some folks would check the obituaries regularly.

    You could create a Google alert. If the stupid thing actually works, you should get an email when their obituary gets posted somewhere.

    • lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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      3 hours ago

      Back in the days when printed newspapers were common, some folks would check the obituaries regularly.

      Always hoping to find your arch nemesis in there 😅