They encapsulate the lives of icons, villains, and neighbors - all within the confines of a few hundred words. But obituaries also reflect our popular culture - our values, our excesses, and our understanding of the world. Kojo looks at noteworthy deaths in 2006, and what the obituary page says about us.
http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2006-12-18/year-death
The Year in Death
Listen Monday, Dec. 18, 2006 at 1:06 p.m. in Society
CD or 
TRANSCRIPT of this program.
Guests
Adam Bernstein
Obituaries Editor, Washington Post
Andrew McKie
Obituary Writer, Daily Telegraph (London)
Marilyn Johnson
Author, "The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries" (Harper Collins)
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