Obit Piracy Outrage Escalates With Wired Magazine Exposé
Obit piracy — the sketchy practice of “scraping” online obituaries from funeral home websites to post on a different, unauthorized site — isn’t a new thing. Deathcare professionals...
Obituaries & Tributes
Why Aren’t All Obituaries Written Like These?
Obituaries are usually pretty conventional affairs, as you well know. For the most part, they follow a standard, somber, straight-to-the-point template. However, every year a few obits break...
LEGACY.COM SHARES FIRST LOOK AT OBITWRITER℠ AT NFDA CONVENTION
Legacy.com, the world's top destination for people seeking obituaries and funeral service information, announced today that it has entered into an exclusive partnership with Narrative Science, the leader...
This Comparison of 2000 Obituaries Exposes What Our Culture Truly Values
Obituaries play a unique role in our culture, being the final words that a person is remembered by publicly. That is a lot of pressure for the writer....
Yes, it’s true: More people die in January
Originally Posted on Legacy.com In this article, originally published in June 2011, Legacy.com founder Stopher Bartol examines the recurring phenomenon of higher death rates in winter months. The...
Is 2016 the Year of the Celebrity Death?
Article by: Linnea Crowther, Legacy.com Linnea Crowther writes celebrity obituaries for Legacy.com, the global leader in online obituaries. After seeing dozens of Facebook posts early this year asking...
Obit for the Obits
Article originally from: NY Times No sense in burying the lede. This week, after more than eight years of lively habitation in one of journalism’s more obscure corners,...