Obituary Quotes

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with a lot of pleasure. Clarence Darrow

An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last instalment missing. Quentin Crisp

When my obituary notice at last appears in The Times , and they say: ‘What, I thought he died years ago,’ my ghost will gently chuckle. Somerset Maugham

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary. Brendan Behan

I was terrible at straight items. When I wrote obituaries, my mother said the only thing I ever got them to do was die in alphabetical order. Erma Bombeck