At the Associated Press, we may write about your death before it happens.

 Like a lot of big news organizations, the AP, where I work in the Los Angeles bureau, writes obituaries in advance for famous and prominent people that are old, or sick, or otherwise near death. Yes, it's morbid, yes there's something unseemly about it, and yes we all understand this, but it's also necessary to do our jobs properly, and I assure you if you were to die you'd much prefer a thoughtful, well researched remembrance over something dashed off while your body is still cooling off.