Recent questions tagged obituaries

Do you read the obituaries?

Description : Do you read the obituaries?

Last Answer : I did for a while when I was in my 50s (I actually was fascinated by how so many were worded) but I don’t tend to any more. I guess my curiosity was satisfied.

Sad departure - Mary Tyler Moore, age 80?

Description : Sad departure - Mary Tyler Moore, age 80?

Last Answer : I used to watch The Mary Tyler Moore show a lot as a kid…. Thanks for sharing this :( my thoughts are with her family…

Why do obituaries give the cause of death? Seems morbid to me.

Description : Why do obituaries give the cause of death? Seems morbid to me.

Last Answer : Well, if you KNEW the person and hadn’t seen them in a while, you may be curious. Unless the person was incredibly old, I’d want to know how they died. If a high school friend of mine died, they’d be under 45, and still fairly young to die. I’d want to know what happened.

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