James R Hagerty

James R. Hagerty is an author and journalist who has worked at The Wall Street Journal for nearly forty years. He is the paper's only fulltime obituary writer. His article "An Obituary Writer Writes One for Himself" drew an outpouring of reader responses, which inspired his book, Yours Truly. A graduate of the University of North Dakota, he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

James R. Hagerty is an author and journalist who has worked at The Wall Street Journal for nearly forty years. He is the paper's only fulltime obituary writer. His article "An Obituary Writer Writes One for Himself" drew an outpouring of reader responses, which inspired his book, Yours Truly. A graduate of the University of North Dakota, he lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. See less