PBS NewsHour airs documentary which explores Belgium’s euthanasia law.
PBS NewsHour recently published a feature which explores Belgium's liberal euthanasia law. The NewsHour segment is available on their website.
Category: Life & Death
How Millennials Mourn
After losing her mother to cancer, 27 year old Emily Kaiser struggled to find peace with her grief. In this moving piece that was published ...
Should mortician be a “most feared” profession?
Career Builder recently published a list of the jobs that Americans fear the most. We weren’t too surprised to see that morticians made the list ...
So long Will Gardner and other 2014 TV character deaths.
2014 saw many fan favorites bite the dust. Some of these TV character deaths were not surprising since series such as "Boardwalk Empire", "True Blood", and "Sons of Anarchy", famous ...
Casey Kasem finally laid to rest.
It has been confirmed that the remains of legedary disc jockey and radio host Casey Kasem have been laid to rest in Norway.
A Bizarre Spate of Christmas Shopping Deaths, from Xuzhou to London to Omaha
Christmas shopping deaths seem to fall into two categories: Those people so enthusiastic about Christmas shopping that they cause the death of themselves or others ...
The rise of the live stream funeral broadcast.
In 2011 The New York Times published an article that discussed the growing trend toward remotely broadcast live stream funeral services (read the full ...
You’re as old as you feel–and here’s why that’s really important.
New research that was published December 15, 2014 in the JAMA Internal Medicine Journal indicates that individuals who felt younger than their real age live longer.
Saying goodbye to those we lost: 2014 celebrity deaths.
During 2014 we said goodbye to many celebrities and artists who made us laugh, cry, and think differently about our lives. We also saw the ...
Strange Deaths 2014: The Year of Death by Selfie
>>Strange Deaths 2015: Another big year for selfie deaths. This year’s edition of strange deaths reveals a disturbing trend—death by selfie. We found 10 confirmed instances ...
Personalization in funerals takes off.
According to the National Funeral Director's Association, it's the baby boomers who are driving the current trend toward more personal funerals. "Baby boomers see funerals ...
RIP Spiderman: Young father writes his own touching, funny obituary.
When Aaron Joseph Purpmort's obituary was published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune last Sunday, we were shocked to learn that Spiderman's reign as champion crime-fighter ...
Brazil’s Corinthians soccer team to open graveyard for its fans.
The love of Brazilian football (aka soccer) fans for their teams is legendary. Now followers of Brazil's famed Corinthians will be able to purchase one ...
Married for 65 years, Harry and Mavis Stevenson die minutes apart.
Harry and Mavis Stevenson had been married for 65 years when Mavis passed away on November 3rd.
