obituary
short biography of someone who recently died
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obituary
Summary
obituary is a literary genre[1]. obituary draws 1,408 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #102 of 487).[2]
Key Facts
- obituary's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
- obituary's instance of is recorded as announcement[4].
- obituary is a type of news article[5].
- obituary is a type of biography[6].
- obituary is a type of announcement of death[7].
- obituary's Commons category is recorded as Obituaries[8].
- obituary's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Obituaries[9].
- obituary's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Obituaries[10].
- obituary's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok[11].
- obituary's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
- obituary's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
- obituary's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
- obituary's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
- obituary's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
- obituary's described by source is recorded as Metzler Lexikon Literatur (3 ed.)[17].
- obituary's different from is recorded as funeral notice[18].
- obituary's different from is recorded as death notice[19].
- obituary's different from is recorded as eulogy[20].
- obituary's different from is recorded as register of deaths[21].
- obituary's different from is recorded as in memoriam card[22].
- obituary's different from is recorded as Q45092341[23].
- obituary's different from is recorded as necrologium[24].
- obituary's uses is recorded as news style[25].
- obituary's hashtag is recorded as necologies[26].
- obituary's P14541 is recorded as 2SUaYV[27].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include literary genre[3] and announcement[4]. Recorded subclass of include news article[5], biography[6], and announcement of death[7].
Why It Matters
obituary draws 1,408 Wikipedia views per month (literary_genre category, ranking #102 of 487).[2] obituary has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] obituary is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]