date of death
Life's ending record
Date of death is when someone died, used in official records, obituaries, genealogical research, and legal documents.
Often abbreviated DOD.
The phrase appears on death certificates, tombstones, and biographical entries, typically paired with date of birth: Date of death: March 15, 2019.
Service honoring the dead
- eulogyTribute for the dead
- wakePath left in water
- intermentPutting a body underground
- cremationBurning the deceased
memorial · condolences · in memoriam · last rites · epitaph · graveyard · cemetery · mausoleum
Notice of someone's passing
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- coronerPublic death investigator
- necrologyRegister of deaths
- registryOfficial record of entries
vital records · timestamp · documentation · public record · genealogy · ancestry · archive · database
State of eventual death
- demiseCessation of existence
- expiryEnd of validity
- passingMoving by or temporary
- endFinal portion or cessation
cessation · termination · departure · irreversibility · permanence · closure · inevitability · last breath
Property and grounds
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- probateWill validation proceedings
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
testament · heir · succession · assets · life insurance · posthumous · executor · bequest
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- condolencesExpressions of grief support
grief · lamentation · widow · widower · orphan · survivor · next of kin · consolation
funeral
Service honoring the dead
cremation · memorial · condolences · in memoriam · last rites · epitaph · graveyard · cemetery · mausoleum · pallbearer
obituary
Notice of someone's passing
registry · vital records · timestamp · documentation · public record · genealogy · ancestry · archive · database · official record
mortality
State of eventual death
end · cessation · termination · departure · irreversibility · permanence · closure · inevitability · last breath · life span
estate
Property and grounds
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- probateWill validation proceedings
beneficiary · testament · heir · succession · assets · life insurance · posthumous · executor · bequest
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lossBeing without something
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
condolences · grief · lamentation · widow · widower · orphan · survivor · next of kin · consolation · sympathy
- death recordsvital records, certified copy, obituaries, vital record, registrar