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Meanings of obituary in English

Russian
некролог
Portuguese
obituário
Spanish
obituario
Catalan
obituari
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Short biography of someone who recently died.

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      некролог
      Usage of obituary in English
      1
      However, nobody in the constituency is ready to write his political obituary.
      The Irish Times
      2
      A New Yorker visiting Boston saw the obituary in a Boston paper.
      The new yorker
      3
      An obituary in the New York Times said Studley died on Tuesday.
      Reuters
      4
      That, then, served as Pyrrha's obituary as far as Maro was concerned.
      Roma Victrix
      5
      In an obituary sketch of him the Standard of that place said:-
      The Story of the Mormons, from the Date of Their Origin to the Y...
      6
      She read quickly, her eye skimming the obituary, personal, and social columns.
      Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
      7
      Tributes.com, an obituary site, has dozens of pages worth of similar sentiments.
      Wired
      8
      No names were supplied- acommonphenomenon in this class of obituary notice.
      Stories from Everybody's Magazine
      9
      It was deadline day and she had to finish that darned obituary.
      Bake sale murder
      10
      Puan's chief zookeeper wrote an obituary published in The West Australian newspaper.
      Radio NZ
      11
      If you are entertaining, they like you.:Winner writing his own mock obituary.
      The Irish Times
      12
      I asked Banna about the obituary, about its celebration of Ra'ad's martyrdom.
      The forever war
      13
      Writing his obituary was even better than the sex that followed it.
      The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
      14
      He looked around wildly, certain that the exhibit contained an obituary somewhere.
      Time After Time
      15
      Jonathan M. Snow was announced, and his obituary placed upon the Minutes.
      Thirty Years in the Itinerancy
      16
      When he read his obituary notice he almost decided to remain dead.
      A Prince of Sinners
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      Ireland
      Common
      United States of America
      Less common
      United Kingdom
      Less common