Benjamin Dreyer: "the late Marian Seldes" ✅ "the late Charles Manson" ❌

"the late Marian Seldes" ✅ "the late Charles Manson" ❌

#copyediting FAQ Q. When is it appropriate to call someone "the late," and how long is it good for? A. It's appropriate to call someone "the late" if chances are good your audience won't know they're dead. Dead murderers are not included. And: Ten years. Maybe twenty, in a pinch.

the late, great Hannibal Lecter

YO LANGUAGE GUY! Do I have this right? "the late Willie Garson" ✅ "the late Caravaggio" ❌

Right on.

Is this why Caravaggio isn't answering my calls? I have some thoughts on his paintings.

Caravaggio deserves a double ❌. Murderer. Dead > 20 years.

Always up for a fight ✅

(Puts him one up on the Democratic Party if nothing else.)

Hung out with Tilda Swinton ✅

Did we ever see them in the same room, though?

Manson was, unfortunately, not late soon enough.

The late Cannibal Dude The late That Dude In Chicago Who Dressed Up As A Clown

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