0 a report, especially in a newspaper, that gives the news of someone's death and details about their life --
1 a notice, esp. in a newspaper, of a person’s death, usually with details about his or her life --
The participants were identified through obituaries in the local press.
This ranges impressively from 200,000-year-old fossils to 17th century obituaries and early 20th century correspondence.
Some of her data give credence to the hypothesis that obituaries are a form of public space whose distribution is controlled by men.
But it is not quite yet time to write the citation bank's obituary.
As a form of paid advertising, obituaries tell us something about newspapers' readership and how readers incorporate newspapers into cultural rituals such as death practices.
An obituary will appear in a future issue of this journal.
The tone of most media obituaries was critical.
It also demonstrates that an obituary need not be as 'grim as death itself,' in the words of the textbook.
