diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 3f943d81c..e919b6b3e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-06-26  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/Filters/Rules/Person/_HasDeath.py: use references instead of
+	handles
+
 2006-06-24  Alex Roitman  <shura@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/NameDisplay.py (_format_base): Add format string display;
 	(_format_raw, _format): Add format string methods.
diff --git a/src/Filters/Rules/Person/_HasDeath.py b/src/Filters/Rules/Person/_HasDeath.py
index d6fa59592..20c17a313 100644
--- a/src/Filters/Rules/Person/_HasDeath.py
+++ b/src/Filters/Rules/Person/_HasDeath.py
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ class HasDeath(Rule):
             self.date = None
 
     def apply(self,db,person):
-        event_handle = person.get_death_handle()
-        if not event_handle:
+        event_ref = person.get_death_ref()
+        if not event_ref:
             return False
+        event_handle = event_ref.ref
         event = db.get_event_from_handle(event_handle)
         ed = event.get_description().upper()
         if self.list[2] \
diff --git a/src/NameDisplay.py b/src/NameDisplay.py
index d737e90c3..dfc67f402 100644
--- a/src/NameDisplay.py
+++ b/src/NameDisplay.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 Class handling language-specific displaying of names.
 """
 
+from gettext import gettext as _
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # GRAMPS modules