The Obituaries That Left A Legacy: Stories That Continue To Inspire And Inform Generations To Come

Websome obituaries tell brave and beautiful stories of the many ways people live with cancer.

To read examples of obituraries that were either written by the deceased or highlight the person’s personality, search for:

Laughter, tears, and inspiration are ahead.

Webso begins the ultimately inspirational and uplifting obituary for “bodysurfer, mom, goldwyn girl, movie & tv actress, footlighter, grandmother, and real estate.

Weband that’s why we’ve come up with our nine favorite obituaries ever written.

Websince 1851, obituaries in the new york times have been dominated by white men.

Webthis article is part of overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in the times.

Webhis passing has left a void in the hearts of those who knew him, but his legacy continues to inspire and guide those who seek to live a life of simplicity, self.

Thanks for joining us this summer as we revisited some of the 200,000 memorable lives featured in the new york times’s archive.