While it can be a useful exercise to draft one's obituary long before one needs to as a wake up call on how to better live in the present, due to COVID, the act of writing an obituary has become an ...

DEAR SAVVY SENIOR: Can you provide any tips on how to write an obituary? My dad, who has terminal cancer, has asked me to write his obituary, which will be published in the funeral program and run in ...

When Edna Briggs dies, she doesn’t want a well-meaning loved one to whitewash the ups and downs of her life. To avoid that, she is writing her own obituary. Briggs, who is 69 and lives in Los Angeles, ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Baldoni speaks and writes about candor, courage and community. Morbid, not in the least. Hagerty's motto is: "If obituaries ...

When most people think of death notices, they imagine dry, formulaic paragraphs. These seem to be written by an undertaker with a thesaurus. But, there’s a hidden world that sees this as a form of ...

Question: Can you provide any tips on how to write your own obituary? At age 80, I am in the process of preplanning my funeral and would like to take a crack at writing my own newspaper obit, too. - ...

In “An Obituary Is the Story of a Life Not a Death” (op-ed, Dec. 16), Danny Heitman speaks to the purpose of an obituary. I recently wrote an obituary for my husband. I can speak to the hard, mournful ...

CULPEPER, Virginia -- I don’t mean to rush things, but there are good reasons you might write about the person you were when you were alive, well before your obituary is actually needed. Frivolous ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - Obituaries are a way to share your story and legacy long after you're gone and an event where you can learn how to write one is happening at a West Michigan library ...