Caitlin Doughty

Caitlin Doughty
Doughty in June 2014
Born (1984-08-19) August 19, 1984
EducationUniversity of Chicago (BA)
Cypress College (AS)
Occupations
Notable work
  • Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory
  • From Here to Eternity; Traveling the World to Find the Good Death
  • Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2011–present
GenreDeath education
Subscribers2.09 million
Views290 million
100,000 subscribers2017
1,000,000 subscribers2020

Last updated: May 17, 2025
Websitecaitlindoughty.com
orderofthegooddeath.com

Caitlin Marie Doughty (born August 19, 1984) is an American mortician, author, blogger, YouTuber, and advocate for death acceptance and the reform of Western funeral industry practices. She is the owner of Clarity Funerals and Cremation of Los Angeles, creator of the Web series Ask a Mortician, founder of The Order of the Good Death, and author of three bestselling books, Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory (2014), From Here to Eternity; Traveling the World to Find the Good Death (2017), and Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?: Big Questions from Tiny Mortals About Death (2019).