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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

Murnah H
She did the best she could She was a humanist and a pragmatist She was a great dancer Her heart was filled with love
By Murnah H on 10/25/2008 5:22 pm
sibelle daubigne
Joni, lack of ideas or recycling empty lots, Adieu”
By sibelle daubigne on 10/25/2008 5:45 pm
Ro H
I would simply appreciate it if those who know me best, would write: Not only did she talk the talk, she walked the walk. Thanks
By Ro H on 10/25/2008 9:58 pm
C jay
Mine was written by an infamous colleague in the front of one of his newly published books that he gave to me in the 70s. I guess that will do.
By C jay on 10/25/2008 10:30 pm
Susan Gabriel
Resilient to the end.
By Susan Gabriel on 10/26/2008 5:11 am
Eliza Dodd
http:www.turmeric-curcumin.com this page lists the Diseases that curcumin is good for , this is just one to get started on there is many more , i know I keep searching and reading , i cant stop reading . There was a reason I got sick … to learn what it is like Not having Health Insurance .Prior I had Blue Cross B.S. of Tn. for 17 yrs @ $7,500 per yr. And I only used that thing ONE time .I had Vulva Cancer and the OBGYN gave me Vioxx for it and then Narcotics .and wanted me to stay Stoned and go away and DIE . I have realized the Reality of The Health Care Horror Story in America .I am walking talking proof .And I FIGHT for everyone in anyway I can and with the Natural Cures …they do work ..Prayer really Helps too … When I got sick Really Sick I remembered something someone told me a long time before >> GOD helps those who help them -selves…I will tell you a Prayer to say “EVEN “One” Time …..The Divine Mercy Prayer . org ..the Rosary of The Divine Mercy Prayer …all you gotta do is pray it and “Meditate..on The Passion ..and nothing ELSE … each set of decades think of Jesus Christ’s journey to the cross and then His Passion on the Cross for 3 long Hours ..it is the most beautiful Prayer I have ever heard .First time on EWTN ..I said it for 2 people one with Prostrate cancer and the other with TB and both are healed One was 80 and the other 90+ something …
By Eliza Dodd on 10/27/2008 1:51 pm
Eliza Dodd
My Above Post Is For Dab-A-Do ….. forgot to do the reply …not enough coffee ….Monday Monday !
By Eliza Dodd on 10/27/2008 1:54 pm
Maurine H
She loved life and life loved her…until just recently.
By Maurine H on 10/27/2008 4:29 pm
Sue E
The server is down!
By Sue E on 10/28/2008 5:25 pm
Allison Bledsoe
My obituary would read: “She just didn’t understand!!”
By Allison Bledsoe on 10/30/2008 1:11 am