Among his devoted fans, his pieces were known simply as McGs. Robert McG. Thomas Jr. commemorated fascinating, unconventional lives with signature style and wit for New York's premier newspaper. Here are 52 of his post-mortem best.

Life on the Death Beat is a guide to obituary writing. It helps journalists effectively research and write obituaries that inform readers.

In a lively collection of feature obituaries and related news stories, longtime newspaper reporter George Hesselberg celebrates life, sharing the most fascinating stories that came from decades of covering the obit and public safety beats.

This book, for the first time, chronicles the lives of these history-makers from the past 160 years through the obits page of The New York Times, one of the most talked about and lingered over sections of the newspaper.

What obituaries tell us about our culture, past and present. Based on a study of more than 8,000 newspaper obituaries from 1818 to 1930

Obituaries of Eastern Kentucky natives living in Springfield, Ohio.