I don't understand this, "GUEST,Shenandoah". Yours was the second post to this thread. It's true that the first poster, Fiolar, did not provide a link to an existing obituary elsewhere on the web; however, (s)he did not give "gossipy, lurid details" of Aaliyah's life or death, just some of the factual information found on various news sites.

I've seen this happen in other OBIT threads, where the first poster provides some basic information and expresses sorrow, and later posts provide more information, sometimes through a link, sometimes not.

So why pick on Fiolar? Why pick on anyone else who posted here with some information, but without giving you all the information you wanted? WHY didn't YOU find an obit yourself and post a link to it here, instead of complaining that no one else was doing it for you? And why don't you consider THAT behavior to be tacky and in bad taste?