h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I happened across this just now, and it made me teary-eyed, and I didn't know the gentleman.

I thought you might like to read journalist Mark Mooney's autobiographical obituary, entitled 'My Last Byline'.

http://closinginon30.weebly.com/blog/my-last-byline

I think that man was a true mensch.

Thanks for sharing, Dmitri.

I’ve never read such a bright and optimistic obituary. Maybe we should all write one.

It certainly makes you think about what you'd put in your own, doesn't it?

I assume you know the story of Alfred Noble who invented dynamite and owned the Bofors gun company. After his brother died and the newspapers assuming he had died, he saw his obituary, one of which read 'the merchant of death is dead - Dr Alfred Nobel became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before', which inspired him to create the Nobel prize to ensure he had a more positive legacy.

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Inspiring

Hm. I wondered about this story. Apparently, so did the Snopes message board. They didn't reach any definitive conclusions, but here's what they said to each other:

http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=104;t=000342;p=1

Maybe I'll get time sometime, and research this story. Thanks, BB!