I’ve met a few others who do the same or something similar. A teacher I know likes to start every new year by writing her obituary or what she hopes it will look like by year’s end.

Re “Why I Write My Obituary Every Year,” by Kelly McMasters (Opinion guest essay, Sept. 29): I felt so connected to Ms. McMasters’s essay. Like her, I started this ritual when I was a child.

Some years have proven too difficult: She skipped 2002 because she was in the World Trade Center on 9/11. The obituary also went on hiatus during the pandemic, when her fears as a single parent of ...

So, this isn't so much an obituary but more of a public service announcement." More from LittleThings: Mom Dies & Her ...

A family bid their final farewell to their father in a colorful obituary that describes his zany quirks. Robert Adolph Boehm, the subject of the humor-filled eulogy, died on Oct. 6 at the age of ...

When Robert Adolph Boehm died on Oct. 6, at age 74, his son decided to honour his memory by writing an obituary as chaotic, irreverent and expletive-laden as his father was in life. Not only did ...

Given these sobering facts, it may be too soon to write Hezbollah’s obituary. Nasrallah and his core team are gone but their mentality, ideology, social base, and international support ...

LOS ANGELES — Kris Kristofferson, a Rhodes scholar with a deft writing style and rough charisma who became a country music superstar and an A-list Hollywood actor, has died. Kristofferson ...