Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Poetic Obituaries: Gayle Ronan Sims, 61, of Merion, who lyrically

described the lives of the famous, the infamous and the ordinary as an Inquirer obituary writer, died April 16 of multiple organ failure following a double lung transplant.

This weekend, at its convention in Charlotte, N.C., the Society of Professional Obituary Writers (SPOW) plans to announce the creation of a special award named for Ms. Sims, to be given only occasionally to writers of the highest dedication and distinction.

from The Philadelphia Inquirer: Inquirer obituary writer Gayle Ronan Sims dies

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