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Notes from New Orleans is a peek inside the life and culture of the Crescent City.

John Pope And The Art Of The Obituary, Part II

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An angel from Lafayette Cemetery No. 1.

John Pope has built a reputation in New Orleans by writing about local luminaries and unsung heroes after their deaths. In this second and final installment of NolaVie’s profile of New Orleans’ pre-eminent obituary writer, Brian Friedman and John Pope discuss the life lessons that can be gleaned from writing about the dearly departed. 

Visit ViaNolaVie for a related article written by Brian Friedman.

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