Definition of Obituary

Obituary

That which pertains to, or is called forth by, the obit or death of a person; esp., an account of a deceased person; a notice of the death of a person, accompanied by a biographical sketch.

A list of the dead, or a register of anniversary days when service is performed for the dead.

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Obituary Quotations

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.
Benjamin Franklin

I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure.
Clarence Darrow

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.
Quentin Crisp

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.
Brendan Behan

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.
Brendan Behan

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium.
Philip Guedalla

Live so that when the final summons comes you will leave something more behind you than an epitaph on a tombstone or an obituary in a newspaper.
Billy Sunday

You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice.
Barbara Kruger

A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
George Jean Nathan

I always wondered what hearing one's own obituary might sound like, and I sort of feel like I may have just heard part of it at least.
Spencer Abraham

When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up.
Albert Brooks

The savage repression of blacks, which can be estimated by reading the obituary columns of the nation's dailies, Fred Hampton, etc., has not failed to register on the black inmates.
George Jackson

An obituary should be an exercise in contemporary history, not a funeral oration.
Peter Utley

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Obituary Translations

obituary in Dutch is necrologie
obituary in French is obituaire
obituary in German is Nachrufs, Nachruf, Sterbeanzeige
obituary in Italian is necrologio

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