DIY Obituaries: Build Your Own 'Ship of Death'

Loose Cannon Aims To Honor More Late, Great Boat People

Oh build your ship of death, oh build it!
for you will need it.
For the voyage of oblivion awaits you.
—D.H. Lawrence, “Ship of Death”

Loose Cannon has been covering deaths of outstanding boat people since its inception, but the coverage has been regrettably inconsistent. For example, Reuben Trane’s recent passing was the well deserved subject of a write-…