Life & Death

Strange deaths 2015 mid-year check-up:  Selfie deaths keep coming.

We normally save our strange death report for the end of the year, but with two men meeting their maker…

9 years ago

Sleeping in Cemeteries: In Hard Times, People around the World Choose to Live Among the Dead

Bratislav Stojanovic wakes up every morning in a tomb. For 15 years the Serbian man has been sleeping in a…

9 years ago

“Exquisite Corpse” celebrates Woodlawn Cemetery’s jazz legacy.

Each April, Woodlawn hosts a special Jazz Appreciation Month. But this year, the cemetery was also a featured venue for…

9 years ago

Sheryl Sandberg Shares Her Grief

Today Sheryl Sandberg shared an extraordinary essay regarding the lessons she has learned over the month since her husband's death.…

9 years ago

Celebrity Death Hoaxes Just Keep Coming

While celebrity death hoaxes are nothing new, we have seen a dramatic increase in their frequency in recent years. The…

9 years ago

The self-penned obituary: Is this labor of love a trend or a movement?

We still read obituaries for the same reasons we always have—to learn more about others who passed our way, how…

9 years ago

Searching for an Inuit Afterlife: Nursing Homes Come to the Arctic, and a Way of Death Changes

Seven miles. That’s how far downstream the Mississippi River carried my grandfather when he swam across at Baton Rouge. The…

9 years ago

My Name is Katharine Lowrie and I Talk to Dead People

Katharine Lowrie often introduces herself as someone who talks to dead people. It might be a bit more accurate to…

9 years ago

Angel Gowns offer comfort to grieving families.

Angel Gowns are dresses meticulously crafted by volunteers. They are donated to families in the unfortunate situation of losing an…

9 years ago

Digital Dying Weekly News: 3/20/2015

Inspirational words about life from a nonagenarian, news that Tim Cook tried to donate his liver to Steve Jobs, and…

9 years ago