"He Was Scum"
The Longform Guide to Obituaries.
He Was a Crook
It’s often said one should not speak ill of the dead. At Richard Nixon’s passing, Thompson chose not to observe the custom.
Hunter S. Thompson Rolling Stone Jun 1994 10min
A Lustrous Pinnacle of Hollywood Glamour
In an odd twist of fate, the author predeceased the subject, Elizabeth Taylor, by six years.
Mel Gussow New York Times Mar 2011 15min
Death of a Pig
White, several years past the publication of Stuart Little, finds himself “in the role of pig’s friend and physician,” but also its chronicler.
E. B. White Atlantic Jan 1948 15min
Idi Amin
How do you memorialize a monster?
Telegraph Aug 2003 15min
The Mourning Paper
The case against the New York Times post-Sept. 11 series, “Portraits of Grief.”
The Last Post
Mr. Miller, a Canadian blogger, published this posthumously.
Derek K. Miller penmachine.com May 2011 30min
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