Obituary

Disaster Girl was a photograph of four-year-old Zoe Roth, captured mid-smile in front of a burning house, looking like a supervillain surveying her own work. The photo was taken by her father in 2005 as a joke and surfaced as a meme in 2012, becoming the internet's default reaction to anyone who benefits suspiciously from a catastrophe. 'The fire started at 3 PM. She was seen smiling at 3:01.' Zoe embraced the fame, and in 2021 she sold the original photo as an NFT for $473,000 — the most profitable smirk in history. The meme died in 2016. The house, presumably, was fine.

Born

2012

Died

2016

Cause of death

Died of a satisfied smirk

Last sighting

An NFT auction, 2021

Resting place

Section G, Row 10

Category

photo