What Happens to Your Story When Your Obituary Goes Digital? | Mary McGreevy

Your Obituary Now Lives Forever Online. Here Is What That Actually Means. In this episode, Mary McGreevy, obituary reader, TikTok creator, and founder of Now Lives Forever Online, joins host Niki Weiss to explore what happens to a person's story when obituaries move from a $1,200 newspaper column to a permanent digital record, why she went viral reading strangers' death notices, and what you should do right now if you care about how your story is told after you die. CHAPTERS 0:00 Your Obituary Now Lives Forever Online. Here Is What That Actually Means. 1:30 Welcome Mary: how reading obituaries since childhood became a TikTok career 3:41 A brief history of obituaries from the Roman Empire to the printing press 6:18 How Craigslist killed classified ads and why obituaries are next 8:04 The viral obituary that got a million views overnight and why nobody knows why 10:45 What Mary looks for in a great obituary versus a cut-and-paste checkbox list 14:27 The scorched earth obituary: when families tell the whole truth 16:55 How digital obituaries differ from newspaper ones and why that matters for your story 19:30 Digital consent and who actually owns your story once it goes online 22:15 Should you write your own obituary now and what should it include 25:00 The difference between being remembered and being forgotten and why both are valid 28:33 Choosing your own photo before someone else does 33:00 Mary's takeaways: write it now or at least start a notes app list WHAT YOU WILL LEARN - Why a digital obituary is permanent in a way a newspaper column never was, and what that means for consent and your family's privacy - What Mary looks for when she reads an obituary and what separates a meaningful one from a template - Why you should choose your own photo now rather than leaving that decision to someone else under pressure - How the move from paid-per-word newspaper space to unlimited free digital publishing has changed who gets a story and what that story can say - What to do if you care how your story is told and what to do if you genuinely do not Start your plan and take the free assessment: https://finalplaybook.com/main-page LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/death-and-dying-in-the-digital-age/id1775499012 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2MQkOgvyPQnLEz1fO9BHkY Subscribe: @DigitalLegacyPodcast FOLLOW US Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/endevo.digitallegacy TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@endevo_digitallegacy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endevo_digitallegacy/ Download the My Final Playbook app: Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=endevo.life.finalplaybook Apple App Store: [link coming soon] #deathandyinginthedigitalage #ENDevo #digitallegacy #digitallegacypodcast #myfinalplaybook Disclaimer: The Death and Dying in the Digital Age channel is for educational purposes only and does not provide medical, legal, or financial advice. Views expressed by the host and guests are their own. Always consult qualified professionals before making decisions. The channel is not responsible for actions taken based on its content. Re-uploads or ANY use of our content is prohibited.