The best obituaries, those that are most enjoyable to read, juxtapose obvious public accomplishments with the sheer ...

“Ex-presidents are always at the top of the advance obituary list,” the elder Eichel told The Washington Post in a phone interview. “These are important people, major historical figure ...

Bobbye Pratt, who spent 16 years as a news researcher on The Washington Post’s Metro Desk ... correction A previous version of this obituary incorrectly said that Mrs. Pratt's stepfather ...

A letter writer struggles with the death of a complicated father, who ranged from selfless to verbally abusive with his kids.

I t was the summer of 2015 when former president Jimmy Carter revealed a dire diagnosis: melanoma had spread to his liver and ...

Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter and children’s book author who was one of the most humorously neurotic literary voices of his generation, died Jan ...

David Lynch, the surrealist filmmaker who bridged the mainstream and avant-garde, exploring the sinister recesses of the human psyche — and the mysteries behind America’s white picket fences ...

Every week, The Post runs a collection of letters of readers’ grievances — pointing out grammatical mistakes, missing ...

Edward Walsh, who died in 2014, served as The Washington Post’s White House correspondent during the Carter administration. correction A previous version of this obituary incorrectly referred to ...

Dear Eric: When I hear of a death in the family of someone I know, I send a sympathy card. I appreciated the many cards I ...

David Lodge, a British novelist and literary critic known for his warm, irreverent satires of academic life, died Jan. 1 in Birmingham, England. He was 89. An assistant to Jonny Geller, his ...

Agnes Keleti, a Hungarian gymnast who survived the Holocaust and went on to win 10 Olympic medals, including five gold, a record that made her one of the most decorated athletes in the history of ...