obituary
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“You should write your obituary and figure out how to live up to it,” Warren Buffett, then 92, said in 2023.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Writing the political obituary of the 71-year-old leader may still be premature.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
I recognize that it’s a dereliction of cultural duty never to have seen any of the “Hangover” movies, the work that will likely lead Galifianakis’ obituary, may it be long in coming.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
Optimists claim that closure isn’t a certainty, that a final decision hasn’t been made, that the media is writing a premature obituary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
“I used the infernal Internet of yours to follow the Indianapolis obituary notices.”
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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