The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word OBITUARY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result OBITUARY
- Commemorative article I brought in about failing railway
- Passing mention
- Passing on information?
- Feature describing life after death?
- At your send-off, bishop and I included a short life history
- Passing mention of sex in broken Yoruba
- Passing notice
- Writing in paper, old piece, something coming after Jan
- Late news notice?
- Notice which might upset you a bit? That’s about right
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The straight part
We know that "Passing mention" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case passing mention = obituary.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does OBITUARY mean?
OBITUARY noun- A brief notice of a person’s death, as published in a newspaper.
- A biography of a recently deceased person, written by a journalist and published in a newspaper.
- A register of deaths in a monastery.
- Relating to the death of a person.