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Question of the Day | 10/24/2008 12:00 am

If you were writing your obituary, what would you title it?

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Liz Smith

Liz Smith | 08/01/2008 12:00 am

What Liz Smith Would Title Her Obit

“This is off the record.” (This is what people say to me every time they have something really interesting to say.)

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Joan Ganz Cooney

Joan Ganz Cooney | 08/01/2008 12:00 am

Joan Ganz Cooney Already Knows How Her Obit Will Read

I’m practically certain what my obituary will be headlined so there is no point in my getting creative about it.
Marlo Thomas

Marlo Thomas | 08/01/2008 12:00 am

Marlo Thomas on the Last Word

I don’t like talking about my obituary. Not because I’m afraid of dying — we all have to go sometime — but because I know I’m not going to have the final edit. Don’t you hate that?!
Read more about: Aging, Death, Obituary

250 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Deni G
hah haha LOL!
By Deni G on 08/04/2008 9:51 am
G T
I think a simple “Gone Home” will do it. Or maybe “Returned to Sender”…
By G T on 08/04/2008 10:08 am
Tee Zee
She’s gone on to bigger and better things…
By Tee Zee on 08/04/2008 10:14 am
Lady Gator
Let’s see ——- She lived her life in such a way that when her feet hit the floor in the morning, Satan shuddered and said…. ‘Oh s—-she’s awake!!!
By Lady Gator on 08/04/2008 2:19 pm
betsy smith
I would have run, had I not so loved the walk.”
By betsy smith on 08/04/2008 4:05 pm
Susan B
oh my. That one really connected with me, betsy, right down to the soul level. Where have I read/heard that before?
By Susan B on 10/26/2008 3:38 pm
Lorraine Bates
My obit headline would read: “Local Woman Who Lived Life on Her Terms, Dies Peacefully in Her Sleep.” I won’t have a headstone, since I don’t believe in taking up real estate after I’m dead, but if I did, I would love it to say my favorite quote, from Dr. Seuss: “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those that mind don’t matter, and those that matter don’t mind.”
By Lorraine Bates on 08/05/2008 11:56 am
Amelie Poulain
Cut. Print that one. That’s a wrap folks. That’s a wrap! :)
By Amelie Poulain on 08/05/2008 7:59 pm
Darlene Craven
Wise Ass Woman drops body — Assumes new one as Queen of Somewhere Hot Bright and Happy!
By Darlene Craven on 08/07/2008 11:52 am
Maggi D
When ever I have the wonderful event of having my children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren in the same house I look around and tell them all, “If not for me, you would not be!” My grandson has heard this so many times that he swears he is putting it on my tombstone. I won’t have a tombstone - so I just want them to remember that. I feel a need to share this because it is a classic for wow women. My father (the ultimate chauvinist) was an alcoholic that my mother loved very much but would not tolerate. They married and divorced each othe five times. When my father got drunk he would make us promise to spread his ashes on mom’s grave so he could say “Joe ——— on top at last!” I did this late one night, drunk as a skunk with a cocktail waitress that kept the motor running because I told her when dad’s ashes hit mom’s grave the earth was going to move. Guess mom was right - you can find humor in anything.
By Maggi D on 08/08/2008 12:51 am
Lisa in Santa Monica
Dead.
By Lisa in Santa Monica on 09/01/2008 1:20 am
Jennifer Dooley
The “E” Ticket Journey! And… I Would Do It All Again!!!
By Jennifer Dooley on 10/24/2008 10:45 am
Joan Brown
What I would like my obit to say is….Joan Brown, Daughter, Sister, Mother, Grandmother and friend to all. She will be truely missed.
By Joan Brown on 10/24/2008 10:55 am
Mommy Dearest
Ladies, pul-lease! Can we stop recycling subjects from the past? We may be over 40, dahlings, but our minds haven’t completely gone. Can’t we come up with a new question?
By Mommy Dearest on 10/24/2008 11:12 am
James the Game
They’re doing some change-over work on WoW, according to a staff message, and it’s going to be a couple days with the old questions being repeated. Cheers, Jim
By James the Game on 10/24/2008 11:27 am