Obituaries

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When I occasionally cast a second glance at the photographs in the obituaries section of the Straits Times, I noticed some of them are not represented the way a typical photograph of an obituary notice might looked - a crisp, formal shot of a face touched up for that posterity stance of an eternity.

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Instead, some of the photographs were actual candid shots, taken most probably from the family album - a cheery face that provides a temporary solace, hinting of a life possibly being snatched away suddenly or tragically from loved ones.

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There were four such photographs that personify that awkward sense of thought in the Obituaries column today.

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Four.