No matter how good an obituary is, you can’t tell the entire story of someone’s life ibn one newspaper article published the day after they died. But the best obits can give clues wrought with meaning in a small space. Take the last two sentences of the AP obituary of David W. Tebet, TV Talent Executive, Dies at 91:
He was married to the actress Nanette Fabray from 1947 until their divorce four years later. He leaves no immediate survivors.