What secrets are we keeping today that we’ll be comfortable with sharing in obituaries 100 years from now?
Obituaries
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A rising number of mourners are publicly sharing the truth about their loved ones’ suicides.
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As more people discover the possibility for a global audience, some are beginning to use the obituary page to share cautionary tales.
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The obituary for Wilbur Eggleston in the Ashland Citizen-Times offers a historic look at racial integration in North Carolina and Eggleston’s role in its progress. While working as a cab …
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For decades Alana Baranick brought the recently deceased back to life on the page as an obituary writer for The Plain Dealer in Cleveland and other newspapers. “I actually thought …
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Legacy.com’s Content Screeners have a unique glimpse into the way people deal with loss…
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Today, a hero will be interred in Minneapolis. Father, husband and life of the party, Aaron Joseph Purmort was many things to many people. And if his obituary is to …
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Retired minister George Ferguson has gained more attention in death than he ever did in life, thanks to his unique obituary.
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Though she never spoke about it, professor Margaret Payne was related to one of the most famous people in the world.
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We all love to get in the last word, and for some of us that means writing our own obituaries…