So if you’re suddenly tasked with writing an obituary, here are some tips on how to do it yourself, old school.

This post is part of Lifehacker’s “Living With AI” series: We investigate the current state of AI, walk through how it can be useful (and how it can’t), and evaluate where this revolutionary tech is ...

When my mother-in-law passed away earlier this year, my brother-in-law spent hours painstakingly crafting her obituary. It was a labor of love, done in the midst of grief. He could have been helped by ...

The prospect of writing New Year's resolutions reminds me of a column I read by a writer named Marilyn Schwartz. She reported that a lady planning a dinner party put out an invitation to her guest ...

We know it's not easy to write an obituary. You're probably grieving, and it can be hard to know exactly what's important to include or what to say to honor your loved one's memory. Take a deep breath ...

An obituary may well be the hardest thing to write. It has to be composed in a hurry during a period of bereavement. Those closest to the person who died may not be in a condition to write it. The ...

An obituary at its core is a historic record of a life. But a well-written obituary creates such vivid image of the person who died that it makes even readers who did not know the person celebrate the ...

Writing an obituary isn’t an easy task. That’s an understatement — it’s incredibly painful, usually expensive too. But someone has to do it. Or perhaps not. Consider leaving it to AI. That’s the pitch ...

The process of writing an obituary is one of the stages of grief, says Kenneth Kariuki, a Psychologist with Hisia Psychology Consultants. “It’s a coping mechanism. It is one of the stages of grief; ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Baldoni speaks and writes about candor, courage and community. Morbid, not in the least. Hagerty's motto is: "If obituaries ...