When the subject dies “before their time,” a news obit should contain additional details on the cause of death, generally a paragraph or two following the lead paragraph.
Here’s a link to The Washington Post story on the death of professional wrestler “Macho Man” Randy Savage: http://wapo.st/lWrBF5
Here’s how The Washington Times lead the story of the 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto: Well, never mind, I can’t find it online. So I’ll quote from a paper copy I have (Note to IP lawyers who might consider suing me for this: Remember, this is for educational purposes and I am only quoting three paragraphs out of the story’s total of 28. Cross my fingers):
Political icon Benazir Bhutto was killed in a suicide attack, all but ending a bid by moderate civilian politicians to take on militant Muslims who have made Pakistan the hub for global terrorism.
Mrs. Bhutto, 54, had just finished addressing a campaign rally of her Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in Rawalpindi, a suburb of the capita, Islamabad.
As she rose through the sunroof of her lightly armored sport utility vehicle, an assassin hit the opposition leader and former prime minister with at least two bullets before blowing himself up.
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