NYT Blog After Deadline Courtesy and History

     The Time's use or omission of courtesy titles, Mr., Ms. or Mrs., when referring to dead people can be confusing but it's the most interesting. Some readers and writers think these titles should not be used after someone dies and others based it on some moral judgment. The Time's stylebook says to drop courtesy titles for historic figures no longer living. But a dead person being discussed in the context of current news events would most often keep a title, for example, Mr. Jobs, the Apple founder.