obituary

According to Gus Hall’s obituary in the New York Times in 2000, Communist Party enrollment “had dwindled to about 3,000, down from a peak of about 66,000 in 1939.”

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2026

The obituary described Flynn as “an adventurer with a penchant for fighting and romance.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026

The roughly 2,000-word official obituary credited him with negotiating China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, a deal he clinched in 2001 after years of grinding talks with Washington that at one point nearly collapsed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

"The life of comrade Zhu Rongji was a life of revolution, a life of struggle, a life of glory," an obituary jointly issued by China's top political bodies said, according to Xinhua.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

Her obituary identifies her as “a retired secretary who had worked as an usher.”

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

And it is exactly why 60/40 obituaries kept getting written when U.S. large-capitalization stocks could do no wrong.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026

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

Still, writing obituaries for political movements is premature.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Annabelle was previously a reporting fellow at the New York Times working on the obituaries desk, where she often covered activists and artists.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

Great-great-aunt Florentine would hoot over Mr. Johnson’s obituaries.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles