Coronavirus

Remembering the Dead: Obituary Writers Restore Humanity to Covid-19 Crisis

Telling individual stories in the face of unyielding mass casualty

a newspaper obituary page
The obituary section of newspapers has grown significantly as the coronavirus crisis spread worldwide.Photo Illustration: Dianna McDougall; Sources: The New York Times, Getty Images
By Scott Nover

April 23, 2020

Emilia Pontarelli, the matriarch of Tony’s Italian Deli, an institution in Chicago’s Edison Park neighborhood, was 93 when she died last month of Covid-19.

Scott Nover

Scott Nover is a platforms reporter at Adweek, covering social media companies and their influence.

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