We know it's not easy to write an obituary. You're probably grieving, and it can be hard to know exactly what's important to include or what to say to honor your loved one's memory. Take a deep breath ...

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 ...

Writing the obituary of someone you love is more than sharing the specifics about their final arrangements. It’s an opportunity to capture the essence of a life, to pay tribute to accomplishments and ...

"The dirty little secret is, it's the best beat in American journalism," said legendary New York Times obituary writer Margalit Fox. "But I'm firmly convinced the child has not been born who comes ...

Ms. McMasters is the author of “The Leaving Season: A Memoir.” I wrote my obituary last week. I often do so once a year; it has become a kind of ritual. I’ve met a few others who do the same or ...

I’m the writer in my family, which means that I am offered a great deal of unpaid work from my loved ones. If someone’s kid is applying for colleges, chances are high I’ll get an email asking if I ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — Stacy Gilbert is perfectly healthy, she’s made incredible memories traveling the world and she’s raising a beautiful a 10-year-old son named Cole. The last thing on her mind on any given ...

“An obituary should be more about how someone lived versus the fact that they died,” says Victoria Chang, a Los Angeles-based poet and writer who wrote 70 obituary poems in the two weeks after her ...