TSC: If you happen to be a legendary actor from the Golden Age of cinema, and you have recently died, the news media will gratuitously note your height if you happened to have been a short man. Because the fact that you’ve been in over 200 movies, and you were a noted supporter of the USO, and you were Lifetime Achievement award recipient at the Academy Awards is less important than the fact you had several failed marriages and you were 5'3".

And come to think about it, have you ever heard of another obituary in which the deceased was defined by comedians? “His 5'3” stature made him a punchline for comedians"? I mean, what kind of a line is that for an obituary?

Disgraceful. Apparently, your height even follows you into the grave.