John Sheburnugaizer.
Al "Scarface" Capone.
The epitaph on the tombstone had worn away after over a hundred years. The foreword to the author's last book was used as his epitaph.
monument, epigraph
The word you are looking for is epitaph.
rising intonatoin
No, the word "epitaph" should not be capitalized unless it is at the beginning of a sentence or part of a title.
There are only 3 synonyms for the word epitaph. These 3 synonyms are elegy, commemoration, and obituary. This word describes something that is written in memory of someone who has died.
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This cemetery has been here since the early 1800's so it's not surprising that the epitaph on that tombstone is no longer legible. The author suggested his own epitaph in his final book.
"He could have added fortune to fame, but caring for neither, he found happiness and honor in being helpful to the world."
"Here Lies One Whose Name Was Written in Water" is an epitaph found on the gravestone of John Keats, an English Romantic poet. The epitaph itself was not created by Keats but engraved on his tombstone after his death in 1821.
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