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she reads the obits as soon as she gets her morning paper
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Her obit made Varsity, not for her journalism work but for the GWTW work.
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The organ donor saved and enriched four lives after his death, the obit said.
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The Palos Heights resident, who was 89, continued to come into the insurance office each day until well past his 87th birthday, according to the obit.
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Among the obit writers followed by Gould, who began her project in 2012, are such current and former Times reporters as Margalit Fox, Bruce Weber, Paul Vitello, William Grimes and Douglas Martin.
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Among the obit writers followed by Gould, who began her project in 2012, are such current and former Times reporters as Margalit Fox, Bruce Weber, Paul Vitello, William Grimes and Douglas Martin.
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Here’s our obit for the late icon, who cherished his role as 007 and later made a greater mark on the world as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.
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Here’s our obit for the late icon, who cherished his role as 007 and later made a greater mark on the world as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador.
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Among the obit writers followed by Gould, who began her project in 2012, are such current and former Times reporters as Margalit Fox, Bruce Weber, Paul Vitello, William Grimes and Douglas Martin.
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Origin and Etymology of obit
Middle English death, service marking the anniversary of a death, from Anglo-French, from Latin obitus death, from obire to go to meet, die, from ob- in the way + ire to go — more at issue
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