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.

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 ...

After Robert Boehm died on Oct. 6, his son Charles Boehm decided to channel his dad’s irreverence and humor into a funny ...

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.

A 74-year-old Texas man who died earlier this month received a hilarious send-off from his son, who said that his late dad ...

After his father's death, Charles Boehm tells PEOPLE he felt sad at the thought that dad Robert would be forgotten, so he ...

There are some people who might think it was irreverent and offensive, but I think it sounds about perfect,” Charles Boehm ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...