obituaries

A collection of essay-sized obituaries celebrating lives and other things that haven't gotten the send-off they deserve, including mythical animals, artists, entertainers, sports teams and stars, political pioneers, founding fathers, and more.

Author's memoir of being a Marine recruiter in Missouri and Illinois whose duty also included delivering death messages to families.

A collection of over one hundred of the most touching and entertaining obituaries and farewells that have appeared in "The New York Times," since the early 1980s, focusing on people who, while not celebrities, have made a significant, or interesting contribution to American life.

Former hotshot investigative reporter Jack Tagger, now writing obituaries for a South Florida daily, sees a chance to reignite his career in the suspicious death of Jimmy Stoma, front man for the rock group Jimmy Stoma and the Slut Puppies.

Traces the history of obituary writing, drawing on obits from various English-speaking countries and profiling the people who wrote them.