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 an obituary isn’t an easy task. That’s an understatement — it’s incredibly painful, usually expensive too. But someone has to do it. Or perhaps not. Consider leaving it to AI. That’s the pitch ...

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 ...

A new artificial intelligence-powered service from Obtituare.com promises to “create, share, and print a free obituary of your loved one.” The AI tool even has a name—Grace. All you have to do is fill ...

The prospect of writing New Year's resolutions reminds me of a column I read by a writer named Marilyn Schwartz. She reported that a lady planning a dinner party put out an invitation to her guest ...

When my husband's grandfather died at the age of 96, he had already had taken care of an essential matter of business: He had prewritten his obituary. Maybe it was because he was private and ...

MURFREESBORO, TN / ACCESSWIRE / January 30, 2024 / Grieving the loss of a loved one is an immense challenge, and finding the right words to honor their life can be equally daunting. Daniela Kam and ...

Whether it's Fidel Castro's mistress, a particularly slippery carp or the man who says 'mind the gap' on the London Underground, Ann Wroe has written obituaries for them all. For the past 20 years, ...

Do you know of someone who died recently who might be a candidate for a Times obituary? Tell us. By William McDonald Every day, editors on The New York Times Obituaries team scan news reports and dig ...