Why do they call someone "late" if they died early?

@jinuxnet (675)
Philippines
February 3, 2007 5:26am CST
Why do they call someone "late" if they died early?
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manong05
@manong05 (5027)
• Philippines
3 Feb 07
some words have different shades of meaning. If you'll check the dictionary you'll see that the word late can also mean "living comparatively recently:now deceased"
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