This journalist wrote his obituary and it will break your heart

Mark Mooney, a journalist of more than 40 years, who suffered from prostate cancer, wrote his own obituary and lovingly recalled his wife, children and how much he loved being a reporter. He shared the same on his Twitter account, with the caption "I just published “My Last Byline”"

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Mark Mooney, a journalist of more than 40 years, shared his obituary on Twitter. (Source: Mark Mooney/Twitter)

Obituaries generally, are written by relatives or friends of the deceased, mentioning the date and the cause of death. But what if one knows one has limited time to live and thus decides to pen his obituary himself — refraining from lamenting or regretting, instead showering praises on a life well-lived? Mark Mooney, a journalist of more than 40 years, who suffered from prostate cancer, in his obituary wrote about his life, his wife, children and how he loved being a reporter. He shared the same on his Twitter account, with the caption “I just published “My Last Byline””

I just published “My Last Byline” https://t.co/9WWuiGiDbi

— Mark Mooney (@mxmooney) October 6, 2017

In his blog Closing in on -30- , Mooney as a last byline wrote “If you are reading this, that means that I am no longer here.” Revealing the cause of his death, he wrote, “The prostate cancer finished toying with me on October 6, 2017. I was 66 and glad to be done with the damn disease.” The only regret he had was work related. “But if I were still here I would tell you that I wish I had done more work as a news reporter. Written better stories. Made more and better contacts. Skipped some of the easier pieces and done more in-depth stories, he wrote. Finally he wrote about his wife, Barbara Goldberg and wrote, “I got so many more laughs than I gave. And I regret I won’t be there to comfort her as she did me in those final foggy hours.” About his children Maura and Paul, Mooney feels they are much smarter than him, and “a fact which they often reminded me. I was still working on a retort at the time of this writing,” he added. And finally he asked his friends and well wishers to not bring flowers but to donate them “to a favourite cause”.

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