deathiversary

Noun

deathiversary (plural deathiversaries)

1. (informal) The anniversary of someone's death.
   • If all the world's a stage, Shakespeare seems to be rarely off it these days, to the extent that some may be less tempted to celebrate his deathiversary than to say, "Him again, still?"2016 April 22, Jennifer Schuessler, “Shakespeare. Dead?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2022
   • In the midst of TV's full brunt of Diana deathiversary specials, Showtime has decided that what one naturally wants instead is a dispassionate, depressing documentary about the downward spiral and untimely death of pop superstar Whitney Houston, who drowned in a hotel bathtub in 2012 (official...2017 August 24, Hank Stuever, “’Whitney: Can I Be Me’ tries and fails to bring meaning to the late singer’s legacy”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN...