obituary

“He was scrupulous about not interfering in editorial business, but if you turned to him for counsel, he invariably offered judicious advice,” she said in an obituary released Tuesday night by the Newhouse family.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Gov. Bill Clements, the first Republican elected to statewide office in Texas since Reconstruction, appointed him to the Trinity River Authority, according to his obituary.

From Salon ● May 23, 2026

“You’re giving a picture of a person through an agglomeration of details,” said Clay Risen, an obituary writer for the New York Times.

From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026

Writing the political obituary of the 71-year-old leader may still be premature.

From BBC ● May 5, 2026

“You know,” he said after a while, “it’s kids’ stuff, but I always thought my obituary would be in all the newspapers, that I’d have a story worth telling.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

As much as he was revered during his nearly two decades as Fed chairman for protecting the stock market from a series of crashes and near-crashes, his obituaries take a more measured view.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

Annabelle Williams is a publishing editor with a focus on obituaries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

The obituaries, social media posts and GoFundMe pages capture the utter despair of the families, though none of them reckon with the decision not to get the vitamin K shot.

From Salon ● May 7, 2026

This calculation takes into account obituaries that cite 2025 as the year of death or burial, but we have not yet fully processed or cross-checked.

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2026

A sly twist on the formulaic reporting and ponderous tone of conventional obituaries.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker