Susan Soper, author of ObitKit: A Guide to Celebrating Your Life (a workbook that helps you pen "a written legacy to leave family and friends"), points out that obituaries used to provide "basic information but not much more." However, today, "[o]bits are often poignant and literaryportraits—short stories, really—that can be interesting, even amusing. And why shouldn't we smile recalling someone we'll miss
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