​My dad died on Oct. 8, 2021. 
He went out the way most of us would gladly accept:
Closing in on his 91st birthday, without suffering, at home, surrounded by loved ones.
In the hours after we lost him, I wrote two complementary pieces:
His obit and the eulogy that I delivered at his funeral two days later. 
I consider the eulogy the best thing I've ever written.
Then again, I spent nearly 51 years researching it.