Dear Prudence I know the truth. Advice by Enter your email to receive alerts for this author. Sign in or create an account to better manage your email preferences. Unsubscribe from email alerts Are you sure you want to unsubscribe from email alerts for Nadira Goffe ? April 29, 2026 6:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Getty Images Plus. Dear Prudence is Slate’s advice column. For this edition, Nadira Goffe, a Slate culture writer,   will be filling in as Prudie.  Submit questions here.   (It’s anonymous!) Dear Prudence, My ex appropriated parts of my career in his obituary. I divorced, “Ned,” in the ‘90s after 10 years of unhappiness. His career was in radio announcing; mine was in TV news. Several months ago, he died. His online obituary claims he wrote news stories for a TV station that employed me—not him. The only time he visited the newsroom was to bring me food on the night shift. There’s also a claim that he wrote news stories for another newsroom I worked in.…