obituarist
/oʊˈbɪtʃuərɪst/
noun
- A person who writes obituaries (notices of someone's death, especially for a newspaper or website).
- A good obituarist must balance respect for the deceased with honest storytelling.
- After retiring from reporting, she became the chief obituarist for the local paper.
- The obituarist spent hours interviewing the family to capture the full story of the artist's life.
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