More 'Mobituaries'

The Brian Lehrer Show | Nov 1, 2019

Mo Rocca, correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning, a panelist on "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" and host of the podcast "Mobituaries" and author of its companion book, Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving (Simon & Schuster, 2019), shares his take on the obituaries of celebrities, world leaders and some products, all with surprising back-stories, from Marlene Dietrich and Thomas Paine to the station wagon.

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