Under common law and according to the legal definition of defamation, deceased individuals cannot be defamed. Defamation is defined as an act or statement that damages one’s reputation. The dead do not have reputations to damage.
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50 states? There are many more countries in the world beyond the USA, get your head out of your a–.
yeah. read site rules
Weren’t paying attention, 50 states, can be 50 different laws. Plus who knows which rules apply to the rest of the world. Plus, the owners of this site can set the rules they want cause it’s their site. It doesn’t matter if it’s legal to smoke in your state, you can ban smoking in your house, cause you consider it ugly and unhealthy.
So ... according to this knowledge we can totally tell the world how we felt about MH 90 days past the date of death as long we use his initials on this site.
Sure you did a good research?
True, there is the possibility of damage to the reputation of the deceased, and that could harm the estate of the deceased. For example, if someone defames an author who died, that author's works may not sell as well in the future and thus the royalties the estate stands to earn would be reduced.
Some states do permit suits for libel or slander to be brought on behalf of the estate of a deceased person in some circumstances. The definition of libel in Texas includes written words that "tend to blacken the memory of the dead." In Rhode Island there is a right of action if the deceased person was slandered or libelled in an obituary in any newspaper or on any radio or television station within three (3) months of his or her date of death.
Many states, including California, will allow personal injury suits (libel and slander are considered personal injuries) filed by a living plaintiff to continue on and be passed to the plaintiff's successor in interest or personal representative upon the plaintiff's death. The plaintiff's estate may then recover if the lawsuit is successful.
https://injury-law.freeadvice.com/injury-law/libel_and_slander/dead_person_slander.htm
Suggest you find another playground to test which of these laws apply to MH, his family and estates, my $0.02 is mods here won’t let you try here.