For years, the obituaries of the thousands of LGBT Texans gathered dust in the yellowing pages of the community’s publications. Short write-ups, the eulogies offered a snapshot of the person’s life ...

His life ended quickly, but he didn’t want his exit to be meaningless. Lonnie Dillard, 75, of Austin, Texas, who died Dec. 18 just more than one month after receiving a stage-four pancreatic cancer ...

Richard “Kinky” Friedman — the provocative and flamboyant Texas satirist who mounted a spirited campaign for governor in 2006 — has died. He was 79. Friedman died at his longtime home at Echo Hill ...

An obituary penned by the family of a Texas man who died in late July from complications tied to coronavirus took direct aim at "selfish people" refusing to wear masks and President Donald Trump for ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

A Texas man who died one month after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer left behind a self-written obituary filled with the big lessons he learned during his “75 eventful years on Planet Earth.” ...