Shocked or saddened?
No one will live forever. Death is inevitable. Some die young, some old, from diseases or accidents. When one dies in old age, though painful, everyone accepts it as a natural phenomenon. But I have noticed that in our country when a renowned person dies due to old age, in the newspapers it is reported: so and so is "shocked" by the death of that person. I think the word should be saddened. The word," shocked", should be reserved for the premature, unnatural and unexpected deaths.
I hope the press will consider this point.
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