Eulogizing Strangers

Video Transcript

"Okay, the first thing I want to talk about with regards to delivering a eulogy, before I even talk about style and structure, is two things. Most likely, you will know the person that you are eulogizing, and everything that comes after this clip will be tailored as if you know the person. But on occasion, you might be asked to deliver a eulogy for someone that you don't know. And there's three important things that you need to remember if you are asked to do so. Not necessarily remember, but maybe investigate would be a better word. You definitely need to know about their life and like their name. So, find out the information about their life. You need to know how they died. You may mention this, you may not mention it, but maybe if they were killed in a car accident you might want to talk about what a tragedy that was in comparison to what a beautiful life they lived. And the third thing that you need to know about this person is what were their achievements. What were their crowning accomplishments. Did they graduate from college? Did they have a wife? Were they married? Anything that might be pertinent to their life, you want to know that information. Now we're going to talk about structure and different ways that you can write and present the eulogy."