Obituaries

Modern obituaries are commonly written before the fact and kept on file for instant insertion when the occasion arises.

I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.

I used to think obituaries were depressing.

These faces that used to be the front-page headlines have now gone to the back-page obituaries.

Obituaries of the musician, who died at the age of just 30, spoke of a life lived in the fast lane.