Q: What is worse than mailing dead people?

Mailing dead celebrities, apparently

We all know that the number of people reaching their eternal demise is on the rise. What I didn’t know was that the Aztecs predicted David Bowie would fall victim to cancer, and that Prince would die of an overdose.

Thanks to The Australian Bereavement Register‘s latest eNewsletter, I’m now enlightened. As we watch our favourite pop stars, TV personalities and comedians curl up their toes, Glenn Harrison at the ABR helpfully suggests that it’s a good reason to wash our databases against the register.

I am definitely an advocate for removing deceased individuals from communications, but I find this a strange and humorously entertaining approach to promoting the service and I felt I should share…