obituary

But this is an obituary for a straw man.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

He lived in Fillmore, Utah, with his wife and “loved and adored” playing Santa Claus, according to his obituary.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

An obituary shared with Realtor.com remembered the music legend for far more than her decades of chart-topping success.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

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

But if she wasn’t I wished we had used that detail for the obituary.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos

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

That address has also shown up in Michigan obituaries advising mourners how to donate to The Fellowship on behalf of the deceased.

From Salon ● Jun. 9, 2026

Still, writing obituaries for political movements is premature.

From BBC ● May 26, 2026

Still, he says he will print my obituaries if I can make them “newspaper worthy,” whatever that means.

From Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles