It is basically an analog or account of writing about someone as a person about his life account, mostly done by the publication or writer, author and then published through any news agency companies mainly after their death, It does not talk about the vivid and narrative details of a person embedded as biography, but it is more prĂ©cised , this is given out as an small pattern and then advertised in the newspaper or any publication , this is mostly done by the deceased ‘s family, friends, or any close ones, as mention above it is not the detailed analog of chronicles of the deceased , but sometimes many new agencies have pre-written and documenting the obituary of the very living persons as well, but some adversities it right after their death.
Back in history around the 16th century , the popularization of the printing press were just simple details about the person, his name date of birth, family, cause of death, and the date of death with listing there family ,then lately in 19th century , john theadeus an English editor of the London newspaper, saw it was a great deal with potential, and started to publish them, then followed by 20th century with modern, and scientific enhancement over the years, the obituary included the images, and much more information to give it a different look today.
Premature obituaries have been a little cause to worry and hoax, this mostly occurred because of misunderstanding between the name’s and the lack of true information about the deceased, these results in a lot of embarrassing situation, once an Irish author said “there is no such thing as bad as publicity except your own obituary”Breden bechan.
Today media plays an important in publishing the obituary, like the economist it publishes one full page of obituary per week.