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obituarist

  • a word derived from obituary.
    obituary
    noun
    a notice of the death of a person, often with a biographical sketch, as in a newspaper.

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Day-trippers from London — by car Hay is about 3½ hours away — took home books, the obituarist for the Telegraph mused, as they might have purchased clotted cream in Devon.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2019

His friend Dr. Eric Schneider, to whom it is dedicated, told his obituarist, Paul Vitello, that the book “helped him remember who he was.”

From The New Yorker ● Jan. 2, 2019

He also was The Times’ chief obituary writer from 2000 to 2006, and then a freelance obituarist until his retirement in 2014.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2018

Such premature publication is the nightmare of every newspaper obituarist.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 8, 2016

Said the obituarist: 'Those two wonderful creatures who played so large a part in Simon Fuge's life.'

From The Grim Smile of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett