Mobituaries

From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca,an entertaining and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him. Mo Rocca has always loved obituariesΓÇöreading about the remarkable lives of global leadersHollywood heavyweightsand innovators who changed the world. But not every notable life has gotten the send-off it deserves. His quest to right that wrong inspired Mobituarieshis #1 hit podcast. Now with Mobituariesthe bookhe has gone much furtherwith all new essays on artistsentertainerssports starspolitical pioneersfounding fathersand more. Even if you know the namesyouΓÇÖve never understood why they matter…until now. Take Herbert Hoover: before he was presidenthe was the ΓÇ£Great HumanitarianΓÇ¥ the man who saved tens of millions from starvation. But after less than a year in the White Housethe stock market crashedand all the good he had done seemed to be forgotten. Then thereΓÇÖs Marlene Dietrichwell remembered as a screen goddessless remembered as a great patriot. Alongside American servicemen on the front lines during World War IIshe risked her life to help defeat the Nazis of her native Germany. And what about Billy Carter and historyΓÇÖs unruly presidential brothers? Were they neΓÇÖer-do-well liabilitiesΓǪor secret weapons? PlusMobits for dead sports teamsdead countriesthe dearly departed station wagonand dragons. Yesdragons. Rocca is an expert researcher and storyteller. He draws on these skills here. With his dogged reporting and trademark witRocca brings these men and women back to life like no one else can. Mobituaries is an insightful and unconventional account of the people who made life worth living for the rest of usone that asks us to think about who gets rememberedand why.