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I preferred to share it with a few trusted people so they can change my online profiles to something "permanent" when the inevitable comes.

I also share a preferred playlist for the goodbye ceremony :) Probably will keep adding perks there.

It's very sad when you see an update for example on LinkedIn saying "congratulate X for his one year anniversary". No, he's not working anymore, he's dead.

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It's a crappy situation, but if you do ever see a LinkedIn update like that for a deceased member, they're actually pretty quick at getting the profile taken down when you contact them about it. Source: did this for a deceased member in my network shortly after getting an update like that. A human responded and took action the same day after I reached out.

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/2842/deceased-...

Personally I'd just take it as a chance to remember that person instead of making it even easier to forget about them.

I guess I'm just being cynical but LinkedIn's [real] customers are being served by the swiftness of response -- the deceased persons cannot respond to their solicitations for job applicants.

I still call the voicemail of my deceased family member from time to time to hear their voice. Can't delete them from my contact list

I would suggest recording one of those calls. There's no telling how long that voicemail will remain active.

My grandfather is still in my contact list... just can't bring myself to remove him.

My parents house is still in my contacts as "parents" despite my dad having passed away 15 years ago

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