Running Interesting Obits Thread

I love a good obit.

Today's Times has one about a fellow I never heard of, but who had an interesting story:

And the scene from The Longest Day:

 

I always think it's hilarious when family members find it necessary to put the deceased's ridiculous nickname in their obit, like:

John David (Tater Head) Williams, 56, ...

 

I liked the obit on the plastic surgeon who apparently died while texting on the PCH near Malibu. The guy did work on Heidi Montag, Lorenzo Lamas and other luminaries. He also had a charity camp for underprivileged kids in Malibu called Camp Bony Pony (I kid you not).

 

One of the many reasons "The Economist" is the workl's best magazine is their weekly obit. It's usually someone I never heard of and it's always fascinating reading.

 

There is a little weekly paper in Alabama, the (Guntersville) Advertiser-Gleam, that is famous for "featurizing" everything, from obits to wedding announcements to random wild animal sightings. Alabama Public Television did a documentary about the paper a few years ago.

One thing that sticks out to me was a 50th wedding anniversary story they did. Turns out the couple met when the man was working at the carnival and he "guessed" his future wife's weight.

 

What a tremendous story, Steak!! Good on that newspaper!

 

Newsweek should have tried that.

 

Once had an obit where they listed: "Joe Schmoe was born in Germany. He served during World War II. He moved to the United States in 1950 and became a citizen in 1956." I turned to the office clerk, who wrote the obits, and said "Did you notice this? This guy was on the other side in the war!"