NOTABLE DEATHS | November 26, 2016
Ron Glass (1945 - 2016) ›
“Barney Miller” and “Firefly” actor…
Where Life Stories Live On®
Matthew Shepard Foundation / Photo by Gina van Hoof
Sign up for obituaries via email
Get customized obituary news delivered directly to your inbox.
ADVICE AND SUPPORT | November 21, 2016
Handling the Holidays After the Death of a Loved One ›
Remember that you have options about how to cope with the holidays after the death of a person you love.
DIED TODAY IN HISTORY | November 28, 2016
Died November 28 ›
Leslie Nielsen was surely a master of deadpan comedy.
Did You Know?
A traditional New Orleans jazz funeral starts with somber music. It's only after the burial that the band cuts loose with raucous, celebratory tunes.
SEARCH OBITUARIES BY NEWSPAPER
THE BALTIMORE SUN
Baltimore, MD
THE BOSTON GLOBE
Boston, MA
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Columbus, OH
ASBURY PARK PRESS
Monmouth and Ocean County, NJ
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Chicago, IL
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC
Phoenix, AZ
HOUSTON CHRONICLE
Houston, TX
DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Dallas, TX
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
Pittsburgh, PA
©iStock.com/IakovKalinin
Each person must live their life as a model for others.
FUNERAL HOME LOOKUP
›
CULTURE AND TRENDS | November 17, 2016
Food, Memories, and Loss ›
How the food we eat reminds us who we are...
CELEBRITY DEATHS | November 14, 2016
2016 Celebrity Deaths ›
Join us as we remember celebrities who died in 2016.
Did You Know?
Though used interchangeably today, gravestones and tombstones were once two different things: the marker on top of a gravesite and the coffin's stone lid.
Funny Obituaries
Obituaries usually inspire tears, but a few unique souls would rather make us laugh.
INSPIRATIONAL LIVES
William Ziegler
Former New Orleans firefighter whose humorous obituary went viral
Mary Crocker Fassett
An accomplished artist whose work has been featured in galleries in America and France
Mary Louise "Lou" Rodeen
The first woman to be accepted into the Northwestern University Band.
William "Bill" Covington
One of the first African Americans to integrate the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Force.
Anne Jennings
First African-American registered nurse to graduate from Hartford Hospital School
Joyce Brock
Created one of the first modeling agencies and schools for African-Americans
©iStock.com/Teradat Santivivut
Where there is love there is life.
NOTABLE DEATHS
View All ›
Fidel Castro (1926 - 2016) ›
November 26, 2016
Revolutionary was Cuba's former longtime leader...
Florence Henderson (1934 - 2016) ›
November 25, 2016
Actress played iconic sitcom mom on "The Brady Bunch"…
Collin Rose ›
November 24, 2016
Wayne State University campus police officer…
Ralph Branca (1926 - 2016) ›
November 23, 2016
Dodgers pitcher served up homer known as the Shot Heard 'Round the World...
Chattanooga School Bus Crash Victims ›
November 22, 2016
At least 6 dead in Chattanooga, Tennessee, school bus crash...
William Trevor (1928 - 2016) ›
November 21, 2016
Irish novelist, author of short stories won many awards...