Comment by acmegeek

What if we at least add text to the alt tag on the spacer image in the black bar? Just make the width 100% and give it a title attribute so you can see it on hover? Maybe dupe for the alt as well. It could also be a link to a relevant article or news.

  <tr>
    <td bgcolor="#000000">
        <img src="s.gif" height="5" width="100%" title="Name and brief bio of deceased here.">
    </td>
  </tr>