I’ve used it in searches and I am not getting the number of hits I used to get. Anyone know what they’re using now? Are they still reporting on people who died suddenly?
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Seeing "died after battling a short illness" more now.
I've also heard natural causes a couple of times recently, in regards to young people.
It will be had to market a documentary called "Died After Battling a Short Illness."
My local paper used the term "died suddenly" in a headline to describe the accidental death of an 11 year-old, recently.
My thoughts were immediately "they got the memo, get ready to have this phrase oddly applied to other situations---accidental deaths, deaths of people w/ long-term illnesses, etc".
They are using very descriptive but odd ways to describe it now.
Ie: Instead of a football player dying suddenly during the game, they say they died after an impact or quick play. A bicyclist didn't die suddenly, they died after turning abruptly. A gymnast doesn't die suddenly, they die after they jolted their body after a landing. Pilots don't die suddenly, they run into turbulance and bang their hand.
It gave people an easy key word to search against, so they changed terms.
After a short illness.