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1 November 2026

Honest obits: 'Rolling joints, reading dirty magazines, fishing off a pier'

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Honest obits: 'Rolling joints, reading dirty magazines, fishing off a pier'

Mary McGreevy honours lives lived in all their fascinating messiness in her Tips from Dead people social media account.

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