''Philosophically'' this is an interesting concept. But ''legally'', ''officially'' death obviously ends a marriage with your marital status changing from ''married'' to ''widowed''.
On a side note: Do we have (do we need?) guidelines for same-sex marriages? (Or, since the term "marriage" is often avoided, for ''officially recognized same-sex partnerships'') On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Brian Schweitzer < brian.brianschweit...@gmail.com> wrote: > The AR currently does not define the end of a marriage when it says that > the end date fields should indicate when a marriage ended. > > This is easy to get from a divorce. But does death also equate to the end > of a marriage? The AR's example is Yoko Ono and John Lennon: > http://musicbrainz.org/show/artist/relationships.html?artistid=815 "John > Lennon is/was married to Yoko > Ono<http://musicbrainz.org/show/artist/?artistid=89738&short=0>from > 1969-03-20 until 1980-12-08". > > However, many widowers consider themselves to still be married, even if > their partner has died. > > Rather than the vague: > > "This indicates the date that a marriage ended." > > how about something like: > > "This indicates the date that a marriage ended. This occurs when: > # a marriage is annulled; the end date is the date of the annulment > # a couple divorces; the end date is the date the divorce takes effect > # one artist dies '''and''' the surviving artist remarries; the end date is > the date of the death of the first artist. > If the surviving artist does not remarry, or both artists die at the same > time, the end date should be left blank." > > This would mean that for Yoko, the following would be the possible valid > ARs and dates (based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoko_Ono and > http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/johnlennon.htm ): > > Toshi Ichiyanagi from 1956 to 1962 (divorce clause) > Anthony Cox from 1962-11-28 to 1963-03-1 (annullment clause) > Anthony Cox from 1963-06-06 to 1969-02-02 (divorce clause) > John Lennon from 1969-03-20 to 1980-12-18 (death of one person, and Yoko > remarried afterwards) > Sam Havadtoy from 1981 to 2002 (divorce) > > Had she not remarried after John's death, then the valid ARs instead would > be: > > Toshi Ichiyanagi from 1956 to 1962 (divorce clause) > Anthony Cox from 1962-11-28 to 1963-03-1 (annullment clause) > Anthony Cox from 1963-06-06 to 1969-02-02 (divorce clause) > John Lennon from 1969-03-20 to _______ (no remarriage, so no end date) > > Brian > > _______________________________________________ > Musicbrainz-style mailing list > Musicbrainz-style@lists.musicbrainz.org > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style >
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