Death in Popular Culture

Celebrity Death Pools: Betting on who will go this year.

Celebrity death pools are where fantasy sports leagues meet pop culture. Whether you think they are just plain fun or…

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The Inspiring Life of Alexandra David-Neel, and the Enchanting World of Death She Discovered in Tibet

She first ran away at age five, she wrote an anarchist treatise that was translated into five languages, she has…

8 years ago

Celebrating Ireland’s Patron Saint, St. Patrick

Today we enjoy the wearing o' the green, taking in a pint, eating corned beef, and marching in parades. But…

8 years ago

Frozen Dead Guy and how he started a festival.

Each year some 15,000 people flock to Nederland to celebrate The Frozen Dead Guy, Grandpa Bredo Morstoel. Why?

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TED Talks about death and dying can inspire us to plan for the inevitable.

TED Talks about death and dying offer rich narratives that can help us start thinking about what is truly inevitable.…

8 years ago

David Bowie, And The Art of Dying

Can a person transform their death into an artistic statement? Can a person envision their own death in such a…

8 years ago

As Winter Ends, Slavic School Kids Welcome the Drowning of Marzanna

The Spring Equinox, and the rebirth it represents has inspired some of humankind's most colorful celebrations. In fact, it stands…

8 years ago

Celebrity Death Pools: What do you think?

Take our Celebrity Death Pool poll.

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Donald Trump Burned in Effigy in Mexico

The Carnaval parade in Chapala, Mexico is a grand colorful affair, and this year a new character livened up the…

8 years ago

Making Resinous Replicas of Dead People: Wax Museums of the World

Do wax sculptures in their current form represent an artistic way to remember and honor the dead—and those that will…

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