obituary
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“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
In one all-hands, Schulman recommended that staff ask AI to write their obituary to see how the technology works and how it frames their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 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
While obituaries of Jones describe his role in composing the legendary speech, few mention his other contribution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
His vivid colour photographs now frequently appear in local media outlets -- alongside pictures of fires, explosions and obituaries.
From Barron's ● May 20, 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
And the document included a copy of obituaries for Keith and Jim published in the Herald Journal, Logan’s local newspaper, on September 25, three days after the accident.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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