I just received the Herald and immediately looked for Charlie Chong's obituary. I feel compelled to comment on the headline "Charlie Chong dies."

There's something about that headline that makes me wince. The Herald surely could have done a better job on it. It reads more like a classified ad headline than the important event in West Seattle history that it is. Secondary article at that to "Sealth is now a 'world school.'" Sealth will still be a world school next week, but Charlie Chong's passing is huge news. All other front page news is minor compared to this event. If there is such a thing as important events in West Seattle history, Charlie's passing, and life story are such events. I think this falls under the category of poor journalistic etiquette.

Eric Shalit

Seaview