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What 38 million obituaries reveal about how Americans define a ‘life well lived’

  • Written by Stylianos Syropoulos, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University
What 38 million obituaries reveal about how Americans define a ‘life well lived’Obituaries provide a window into the prevailing traditions and moral values of their time.alexmillos/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Obituaries preserve what families most want remembered about the people they cherish most. Across time, they also reveal the values each era chose to honor.

In a study published in the journal Proceedings of the National...

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