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Not so much what they were but why...
15 down,5 down and 6, 28. Also did anyone else think it rather distasteful to pick this topic ? I wasn't happy with it.

you should specify which exactly which xword you mean. i presume it is this one;
http://www.theguardian.com/crosswords/cryptic/26112
why on earth would anybody find it distasteful? it's hardly a celebration.
you can find explanations here;
http://www.fifteensquared.net/2013/11/22/guardian-26112-tramp/#more-67465

...or here,
http://tinyurl.com/omgd6b8

Yes, why distasteful?
The facts surrounding that event, as far as we shall ever know them, are much more than distasteful.
These clues & their solutions seem to me absolutely harmless.
Unless we're supposed to observe that taboo in our society on talking about death at all ............