| Notice in passing | 17 |
| Newspaper biographies (Abbr.) | 29 |
| Newspaper biog. | 15 |
| Newsp. item | 11 |
| News section, for short | 23 |
| News item that often includes a person's age | 48 |
| News item that often has a person's age in the headline | 59 |
| News item often written years in advance | 40 |
| News item often written in advance | 34 |
| News item of passing concern? | 29 |
| News item of a kind | 19 |
| News item briefly | 18 |
| News column: abbr. | 18 |
| Necrology | 9 |
| Necrological notice | 19 |
| Memorial notice | 15 |
| Memorial column | 15 |
| Memorial bio | 12 |
| Memorial announcer | 18 |
| Life recap | 10 |
| Late news item? | 15 |
| Last writeup | 12 |
| Last write-up? | 14 |
| Last words, so to speak | 23 |
| Last roundup? | 13 |
| Last lines? | 11 |
| Last "write"? | 23 |
| Last ``write''? | 23 |
| Item on blogofdeath.com | 23 |
| Item in a daily | 15 |
| Item for G. Apley | 17 |
| It runs when you pass | 21 |
| It often includes a bio | 23 |
| It might be found, appropriately, in a newspaper morgue | 55 |
| It lists survivors, briefly | 27 |
| It lists survivors | 18 |
| It has an expiration date | 25 |
| Grave notice | 12 |
| Goodbye lines? | 14 |
| Good-bye lines? | 15 |
| Final story? | 12 |
| Final info? | 11 |
| Final farewell | 14 |
| Final copy | 10 |
| Final bio? | 10 |
| Final bio | 9 |
| Final accounting? | 17 |
| Facts of life? | 14 |
| Expiration notice? | 18 |
| End run? | 8 |
| End note? | 9 |
| Departure lines? | 16 |
| Death notice, abbr. | 19 |
| Dead reckoning? | 15 |
| Dead beat writer's piece? | 29 |
| Column of a lifetime, briefly | 29 |
| Closing notice? | 15 |
| Certain tribute in the paper | 28 |
| Certain news item | 17 |
| Brief scrapbook item | 20 |
| Brief passing words? | 20 |
| Brief passing comments? | 23 |
| Brief notice of departure | 25 |
| Brief death notice | 18 |
| Brief closing words? | 20 |
| Brief bio, on parting | 21 |
| Brief bio | 9 |
| Black-bordered news item, briefly | 33 |
| Biographer's item | 21 |
| Bio. read with a sigh | 21 |
| Bio of sorts | 12 |
| Back-of-paper news item | 23 |
| Article often written in advance | 32 |
| Article often bordered in black | 31 |
| Any piece in Robert McG. Thomas Jr.'s book "52 McGs" | 66 |
| Afterlife bio? | 14 |
| A few last words? | 17 |
| A biog. sketch | 14 |
| "Late" item | 21 |
| "In memoriam" write-up | 32 |
| "In memoriam" essay, briefly | 38 |
| "In memoriam" column, briefly | 39 |
| How one might read a sad newspaper section? | 43 |
| ___ dictum | 10 |
| ___ dictum (passing remark) | 27 |
| Kind of dictum | 14 |
| ___ dictum (incidental remark) | 30 |
| __ dictum: passing remark | 25 |
| ___ dictum (incidental opinion) | 31 |
| -- dictum (incidental remark) | 29 |
| _____ dictum | 12 |
| ___ dicta (incidental remarks) | 30 |
| __ dicta (incidental remarks) | 29 |
| Newspaper notices | 17 |
| Postmortem pieces | 17 |
| Final notices | 13 |
| Final bios | 10 |
| "In memoriam" items | 29 |
| R.I.P. notices | 14 |
| News items | 10 |