Barkha Dutt

There comes a time in the life of every government when the media decide that it has blundered so fatally that a complete recovery is now impossible. In such phases - and every single political party has encountered them - editorials become political obituaries that declare the end.

Indian Journalist

Walter Cronkite

In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain.

American Journalist

Regina Brett

It's sad that grandkids show up at the end of obituaries, way behind the list of work place achievements, social clubs and survivors. Why last? If you've got grandkids, you know they're first when it comes to the joy in your life.

Carl Reiner

Every morning, I would actually look at the obituaries before I had breakfast. And as a joke I said if I was not in it, I would have the breakfast.

American Actor

Benjamin Franklin

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

American Politician

Roger Maris

It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews.

Athlete

Michael Ian Black

I feel like my career has been a series of glowing obituaries.

American Comedian

Arthur Smith

When a writer dies you get a higher standard of obituary.

English Comedian

Smriti Irani

I think too many obituaries have been written about me.

Indian Politician

Brendan Behan

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

Irish Dramatist

Obituaries are written respectfully to honor the deceased and are not the place for humor or negativity.

Respectful Tone

An obituary typically summarizes the person's life story, achievements, and legacy.

Biographical Summary

Obituaries inform the community about a death and often include funeral or memorial service details.

Public Announcement

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 and if I should just give up. When I've seen the reaction to this project, I know I'm not at all alone. There's so many people who feel the way I do. And so yeah, not many people think about obituaries. But when you do, you realize they're a testament to a human life.

How we're honoring...

 this is John Markoff's obituary for him -- he was the important missing link, the engineer who came in and knew how to put those vacuum tubes together and make it work. And all our computers have, inside them, the copies of the architecture that he had to just design

George Dyson: The birth...

 I sat down one day and wrote two versions of my own obituary, the one that I wanted, a life of adventure, and the one that I was actually heading for which was a nice, normal, pleasant life, but it wasn't where I wanted to be by the end of my life.

Roz Savage: Why I'm...

 The exercise was a fascinating testament to the kaleidoscope that is life, and even more fascinating was the fact that the overwhelming majority of obituaries featured people famous and non-famous, who did seemingly extraordinary things.

What I learned from...

 sighting but obviously I kept like this that is very obituaries it's one of the reasons why people do come to these areas so very important that we bring everybody in obviously still maintaining the if it's ethics and standards but

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 nor was it even Stoker's most well-known work, mentioned only briefly in a 1912 obituary. But a critical copyright battle would completely change Dracula's fate, and catapult the character into literary renown.

How did Dracula become...

 and they passed it out at her memorial service, and even in her obituary, they mentioned her blog, because it was such a big part of her life. And that's a huge thing. So, this is her legacy,

Mena Trott: How blogs...

 professor I realized that I was just writing the obituary of the ocean I quit academia and assemble the team to do something about it I want to show to the world what the ocean was like

Protecting the Ocean's...

 So will we continue to be the success story of the known universe, or are we writing our own obituary? The suicide species? Now I was raised in an evangelical household.

Obituary