The following is a link to an obituary published by Corey Kilgannon in the New York Times on October 13, 2007. The obituary was on Sri Chinmoy, a man famous for combining spirtuality practices with strenuous exercise.
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/13/nyregion/13chinmoy.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries&oref=slogin.
I thought that the lede was good - it answered four of the five W's and the second paragraph, in further explanation of the lede, answered the "why."
The article went on to mention highlights before it delved into chronological history, which was interuppted with information about the memorial service and burial. I found that irritating, though there was a lead into it, so it may be considered acceptable.
The history was good and I liked the end - a nice quote about Chimnoy from the Gorbachev, the past Soviet leader. However, there was no mention of survivors, which I found odd, but maybe there aren't any?
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That segue seems strange to me too. I liked the article overall. Maybe he didn't have any survivors since he was celibate? But you think they'd have said...there could still have been siblings.
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