Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving

Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, an entertaining and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him.

Mo Rocca has always loved obituariesโ€”reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights, and innovators who changed the world. But not every notable life has gotten the send-off it deserves. His quest to right that wrong inspired Mobituaries, his #1 hit podcast. Now with Mobituaries, the book, he has gone much further, with all new essays on artists, entertainers, sports stars, political pioneers, founding fathers, and more. Even if you know the names, youโ€™ve never understood why they matter…until now.

Take Herbert Hoover: before he was president, he was the โ€œGreat Humanitarian,โ€ the man who saved tens of millions from starvation. But after less than a year in the White House, the stock market crashed, and all the good he had done seemed to be forgotten. Then thereโ€™s Marlene Dietrich, well remembered as a screen goddess, less remembered as a great patriot. Alongside American servicemen on the front lines during World War II, she risked her life to help defeat the Nazis of her native Germany. And what about Billy Carter and historyโ€™s unruly presidential brothers? Were they neโ€™er-do-well liabilitiesโ€ฆor secret weapons? Plus, Mobits for dead sports teams, dead countries, the dearly departed station wagon, and dragons. Yes, dragons.

Rocca is an expert researcher and storyteller. He draws on these skills here. With his dogged reporting and trademark wit, Rocca brings these men and women back to life like no one else can. Mobituaries is an insightful and unconventional account of the people who made life worth living for the rest of us, one that asks us to think about who gets remembered, and why.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Once again Mo Rocca delivers a funny and smart offering whilst punning off his first name.โ€ โ€”Jon Stewart

โ€œI’m dead keen to read it and alive with joy at not being included.โ€โ€”P. J. O’Rourke, author of, most recently, None of My Business

“[Mo Roccaโ€™s obituaries have] a rare and welcome generosity of spiritโ€ฆThey revisit people who died long ago but were denied full appreciation. Theyโ€™re exhumation as celebration. โ€”Frank Bruni, New York Times Opinion Columnist

โ€œMo Rocca is like a box of chocolates; the more you taste him, the more you love him. And he just gets better and better. Read on and enjoy slowly.โ€ โ€”Angie Dickinson, Golden Globe and Emmy award-winning actress

โ€œMo Rocca has given us a candy bowl of tasty morsels: tales of fascinating folks that we donโ€™t know enough about. Itโ€™s a joy for curious minds, and addictive reading.โ€ โ€”Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Steve Jobs and Leonardo da Vinci

โ€œA spicy blend of humor, irony, wit, facts, fable, and heart.โ€ โ€”Kirkus
“Impeccably researched, this book is packed with facts that are sure to give you a leg up at pub trivia…. a delightful, hilarious romp through history. Put this book in the hands of history buffs or anyone who loves a good laugh.”โ€”Booklist

About the Author

Mo Rocca is a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning, host of The Henry Fordโ€™s Innovation Nation, and host and creator of the Cooking Channelโ€™s My Grandmotherโ€™s Ravioli, in which he learned to cook from grandmothers and grandfathers across the country. Heโ€™s also a frequent panelist on NPRโ€™s hit weekly quiz show Wait Waitโ€ฆDonโ€™t Tell Me! Rocca spent four seasons as a correspondent on Comedy Centralโ€™s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He began his career in TV as a writer and producer for the Emmy and Peabody Awardโ€“winning PBS childrenโ€™s series Wishbone. As an actor, Mo starred on Broadway in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. Rocca is the author of All the Presidentsโ€™ Pets, a historical novel about White House pets and their role in presidential decision-making.

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