An epitaph is a single sentence or phrase usually placed on a tombstone. This short comment is supposed to summarize an individual's life or accomplishments in a single phrase.

Meeting adjourned. The doctor is in. The final act. And, borrowing filmmaker Billy Wilder’s epitaph, I really like these parting words: “I’m a writer but then nobody’s perfect.” ...

Yes, I am referring of course to epitaphs. Defined as a phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone, epitaphs […] ...