I've seen obituaries in the newspapers. As I noticed, it includes the anouncement of death, of somebody's death, often with a short biography. It is also includes the mass offering schedule,...
In loving memory of Romeo Montague who died suddenly by committing suicide by poison in the Capulet Monument next to his dead wife. Who later on when he was about to drink the poison came back to...
If I recall, it was the NY Times that published an obit for "Edith Bunker". Apparently, this was only the 2nd and only time in history that it has done so for a fictitious character.