Epitaph
An epitaph is a short text honouring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it is text that is carved on a tombstone or plaque. Usually it gives the person’s name and dates of birth and death. Some epitaphs say what the person did, and other things. Some people write their own epitaphs before they die.
Epitaph Media
Epitaph on the base of the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois
Grave of W. B. Yeats, Drumecliff, Co. Sligo
Lengthy epitaph for Johann Wauer (d. 1728), a German pastor, concluding with a short Biblical quotation
The epitaph on voice actor Mel Blanc's tombstone
Ezzatollah Sahabi, Glory of Iran and his patriotic daughter Haleh
A folksy epitaph to an English village blacksmith in Houghton, Cambridgeshire
Gravestone of comedian, writer and actor Spike Milligan, including his epitaph
