I wonder why the title has been edited away from the actual title "NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell Dies At 84, After A Lifelong Career On-Air"? Normally titles get edited to the original on HN and not everyone is going to know who he was (I didn't) :-)
OP here. I wondered that too. I don't mind either way, but thought the original title was suitable.
I agree, at least "NPR Newscaster Carl Kasell has died" would've been appropriate
I would ask dang. It seems somewhat like the style here is now to title the post "Firstname Lastname Has Died" to be as neutral as possible, but I could be wrong.
I've noticed that. It seems rather blunt and unfeeling to me.