I’m astounded that some people have lived such prolific noteworthy lives, were world-famous for decades, contributed so much, made life-changing inventions that the whole world benefitted from …
Yet the only words on their headstone are like “Dad, Brother, Son, We love you.”
Like WHAT?? He invented the xyz and had the leading role in 300 Hollywood films & 20 Guinness world records & discovered the cure for xyz and on & on …
Why not mention any of that on their headstone?
It can have any length. It’s the family who chooses the words that they think it fits the most with the deceased.
Example 1. Example 2. Example 3.
Very short epitaphs are kinda sad.
Funerals are for the living, not the dead. Grieving family members care about the person as a dad, brother or son, not as the hollywood record breaking super scientist.
Because the purpose is not to be a biography or obituary. The purpose is to say something brief and poignant/emotional. People write actual obituaries/eulogies/biographies for that purpose.
Last I checked it costs too much to engrave wikipedia articles into headstones.
Ah death the great humbler, but really headstones imo are more for the people close to you left behind than testament of a life well lived😅
Personally burn me and spread some ashes somewhere that makes you - people left behind happy remembering me
I’ll probably use a QR code
I like this idea a lot! Because walking through graveyards we get curious and we want to know about these people. Especially celebrities, and we would be fascinated to know the cause of death too because of course that’s never written on the epitaph either. I wish cause of death would be written on epitaphs. I know that would be dark & morbid & in poor taste but honestly that’s what everybody’s interested to know!
