A selection of the two hundred best obituaries that have appeared in The Economist since the first one was published in 1995.
Ann Wroe trained as a medieval historian. She joined The Economist in 1976 to cover American politics, and has been Books and Arts Editor (1988-1992), American Editor (1992-2000) and is currently Special Reports and Obituaries Editor. She is also the author of several highly acclaimed books: Being Shelley, Pilate and Perkin. Keith Colquhoun worked for many years for The Economist and covered Asia before he became the Obituaries Editor. He is also the writer of more than ten novels including Killing Stalin and Filthy Rich.
'The wit is wicked, in the best sense of that ambiguous word, but
it is never cruel, and always bang on; as its victims, after
serving their million-odd years in Purgatory, would ruefully have
to agree'
*The Spectator*
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