tombstone

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Mr. O’Brien refused concessions and tweeted an image of a tombstone “Yellow: 1924-2023.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 28, 2025

But his tombstone was defaced on Thursday morning, local authorities said.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

Instead, it was placed on her grave as a tombstone out of respect for the contribution the woman had made to the community's food security.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2025

They'll just put "American Psycho," the Huey Lewis scene, his business card scene or whatever on my tombstone, and you have to kind of accept it.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2025

His tombstone would be a simple plaque, inscribed: “Herbert Goldfarb, 1948-?” And then: “He rode Sunflower.”

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols