Sentence fragments you would (or wouldn't) want in your obituary.

Would: “… thus breaking his own world record.

Would not: “Having finally been excreted, his body…
For instance.

Would: “He will be missed…”
Would not: “…unlike the last thirty-seven times he was shot at.”

:stuck_out_tongue:

Would: “…of sexual exhaustion after a three day…”

Would not: “… was difficult to identify after the mob’s savage…”

Wouldn’t:

“…condemned by the horrified Nazi government…”

“…stake through the heart, ‘just in case’…”

“…head not found, presumably taken for a trophy…”

“…should’ve known not to eat a live…”

“…testicles ignited after…”

Wouldn’t:
“…her smoke alarm had a snooze button and one night…”

Wouldn’t: “Crowds of protesters…”

Would: “…was chased by a mob of topless women…”

Would not: “… off of a cliff.”

Would not: estimated to be dead for a month before her body

Would not:
“… stunned onlookers…”
“…the enraged gorilla then proceeded to…”
“…a 15 year veteran paramedic vomitted at the sight.”
“…his genitals were later found…”
ETA: “…the coroner had to use a spatula to…”

Wouldn’t:

“…cleansed with fire…”

“…sealed in containment vessel…”

“…scene of Lovecraftian horror…”

“…doomed all mankind…”

Would - “at age 78, shot by a jealous husband over a 23 year old redhead”

Would not - “has departed this world on the wings of eagles”

Would not want:

“…his mummified body…”
“…skin had merged with the…”
“…unable to locate all of his body…”
“…the resulting lawsuits are ongoing…”
“…bells rang and celebrating…”

Would - “After a long and highly distinguished career…”

Would not - “An unidentified man, approximately 50 years of age…”

Would not: “…passed three months ago (give or take)…”
“…sedated the bobcat…”

Would: “…distributed his fortune…”

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Would want:

“suddenly”
“in his sleep”

Would not want:

“after a long, long, illness”
“parasite previously unknown to medical science”
“wandered naked”
“the skunk’s brain was sent for testing”

. . . found on the grassy berm of I-271 . . .

Wouldn’t[ul]
[li]"…just a strike away from his first 300-game…"[/li][li]"…after an agonizingly long plummet from a plane at 40,000 feet…"[/li][li]"…swarmed by poisonous cockroaches…"[/li][/ul]

Would[ul]
[li]"…succumbed to his wounds after single-handedly dismantling the Taliban with a samurai sword…"[/li][li]"…having been the greatest philanthropist the world has known…"[/li][li]"…after a decades-long, happy marriage with the love of his life…"[/li][/ul]

This one could go either way:

… found beneath a mountain of chocolate truffles…

Would not:

“…traumatized pathologist…”

“…syndrome named after him…”

“…blood splattered bystanders…”

“…liquefied internal organs…”

“…uniquely painful…”

“…seen someone turned inside out…”