A Lovely Death

ALD Minisode 2 Obituaries

July 07, 2021 Carolyn Fletcher
A Lovely Death
ALD Minisode 2 Obituaries
Show Notes

Welcome to the second part of our multi-part minisodes on end-of-life advance planning!  In this minisode we talk about writing your own obituary!

Here are some of the main resources we refer to in this episode:
https://www.funeralbasics.org/write-great-obituary/

 https://www.fearlessculture.design/blog-posts/write-obituary-exercise

 https://www.nbcnews.com/better/lifestyle/how-write-perfect-obituary-according-professional-writers-ncna1055996

 https://www.myfarewelling.com/article/obituary-examples

Fascinating stories;
https://www.history.com/news/did-a-premature-obituary-inspire-the-nobel-prizehttps://www.legacy.com/news/culture-and-history/the-nyt-is-publishing-great-black-americans-obituaries-after-the-fact/

World's oldest obituary:
https://www.npr.org/2016/09/10/493399769/professor-translates-1-700-year-old-obituary-from-ancient-greek

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