One more reason to subscribe to the SERIOUSLY? newsletter from @shaneisland.bsky.social: You get his 24-word obit for Spanish fresco restorer Cecilia Giménez. "She taught us that done is better than perfect, that forgiveness is better than permission and that Jesus looks better with his mouth open."

Nobody does it like the Brits. The lede from @thetimes.com obit for Justin Toper, whom Piers Morgan once called "the best astrologer in the galaxy”:
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Frannie says it feels good to have never lost to Michigan. Hook ‘em

On A1 today: Our obit for gospel star Richard Smallwood, whose song “Total Praise” became a church choir staple and was covered by Stevie Wonder and Destiny’s Child. By @ethanbeck2003.bsky.social

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There were dozens of worthy candidates for this project. In narrowing down the list, we tried to spotlight a patchwork of lives from across the region, from 10-year-old Kasey Zachmann, who loved Christmas, to 101-year-old Cynthia Burress Dolvin, the daughter of one Army general and wife of another.