Dame Maggie Smith Dies at 89: How the World Mourns (and Monetizes) the Queen of British Shade
Maggie Smith, the Dowager Countess of Global Culture, Dead at 89—World Reels in Over-Enunciated Grief Byline: Geneva—where else do you file when half the planet is pretending to mourn someone they mostly knew through airport reruns? Let us begin with the obvious: Dame Maggie Smith has died, and the Earth’s collective algorithm has immediately set…