Sam Roberts: Are They Dead Yet?
September 7, 2026
Tonight on Inquiry we talk about obituaries: who rates having their obit in a major newspaper, when you can go negative in an obit, and so much more. Inquiry speaks with SAM ROBERTS. He is a fifty-year veteran of New York journalism and an obituaries reporter and was formerly the urban affairs correspondent at the New York Times. His new book is ARE THEY DEAD YET? THE ART OF THE OBIT.
