Meanings of own obituary in English

Last week Corey Rusk gave a preview of his own obituary.

But for some reason it feels like reading your own obituary or something.

I have a memory of Norman Mailer, in 1997, reading out his own obituary.

Not many people get to read their own obituary.

She seemed to be reading from her own obituary.

It's almost like reading one's own obituary, isn't it?

Boxing continues to write its own obituary - and Hatton, sadly, is just another bit player.

As Brendan Behan said, there's no such thing as bad publicity -except your own obituary.

He wonders whether he's taping his own obituary.

Talk about writing your own obituary.

A Canadian woman appears to have had a humorous final say on her life after writing her own obituary.

On one occasion Miss Anthony had the doubtful pleasure of reading her own obituary notices, and her interest in them was characteristically naive.

And while she went on to repeat the rest he had told her, it struck me pleasantly I was listening to my own obituary.

It may be wise to write your own obituary, but not if it lands you out alone in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

Suddenly my own obituary flashed in my head: Carter Kane, 14, died tragically in Paris when he was eaten by his sister's cat, Muffin.

His widow notes that "after being sent home from the hospital without any hope, he wrote his own obituary." He died in 1995.