Also, 9th APWEN president, Valerie Agberagba said that it is very difficult to talk about Funmilola in the past tense.

Source: https://leadership.ng/nse-apwen-extol-virtues-of-late-ojelade/

Art about the pandemic is hard to find, and when the crisis is addressed in popular culture, it’s usually glazed over with a single line, always uttered in the past tense.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-02-14/kristina-wong-sweatshop-overlord-covid-masks-2020-doris-duke-prize

He confessed he now had to talk about being a presenter 'in the past tense'.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12154903/Caroline-Flacks-mother-messages-Phillip-Schofield-comparing-late-Love-Island-star.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Speaking to the BBC on Thursday night, Schofield said: 'I have to talk about television in the past tense, which breaks my heart,' he told the BBC.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12155229/This-Morning-editor-suggests-ex-stars-taking-revenge-Philip-Schofield-scandal.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

When other characters speak about Steve Rogers, they refer to him in the past tense most of the time.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/is-steve-rogers-dead-mcu/