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a visit made by a journalist or reporter to the home of someone who has recently died in order to obtain a news story
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The journalist went to the family's home to conduct a death knock and gather information for the news story.
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I heard that the reporters are planning to do a death knock on the deceased's family.
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The media is always looking for a juicy death knock to sensationalize.
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The company's poor financial performance was like a death knock for its investors.