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During my past career as a journalist, I relished writing obits and equally dreaded phoning relatives for the necessary facts. But to my surprise and great relief, they often wanted to talk - they wanted their recently deceased loved ones recorded in print.

Some people want to amass a great amount of wealth and make a great looking obituary. I'm going to die with more money than is good to leave my son.

Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.

You know journalists. You know the media. They are going to hang on to anything negative they possibly can.

For I, hearing my Lord's estate amongst many more estates was to be sold, and that the wives of the owners should have an allowance therefrom, it gave me hopes I should receive a benefit thereby.

I knew there would be a negative reaction in the press to my divorce, but I am not going to live my life because of something someone might say.

I was an estate agent for three years. That was pretty grim.

I came from a wealthy family. I made over my share of the estate to various charities.