Art Buchwald -- Taking Control of The Story Until the Bitter End

From Editor and Publisher: “It occurred to me that we ought to revive the tradition here of interviewing people whose deaths are likely to be Page One news for their obituaries,” (Tim) Weiner said. “And do it in high definition video.”

Others picked up on the fact that Buchwald wrote his obit in book-form, too. Also from E&P:

Buchwald’s final book — Too Soon to Say Goodbye (Random House, November 2006) — was something Connie Schultz turned to immediately when she heard this morning about the political humorist’s death.