Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Monday, May 11, 2015
Johnny Gimble
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Elizabeth Wilson
Tony-winning actress -- via the New York Times. A wonderful actress who never got the attention she deserved, she was equally at home on stage, in film and on TV. A particularly droll deadpan comic performer, I loved he in "Little Murders." She won he rTony for playing Harriet in David Rabe's harrowing comedy, "Sticks and Bones."
Chris Burden
Artist -- via the L.A. Times. Started his career as a notorious performance artist (having himself crucified to a Volkswagen, getting shot in the arm); later work was conceptual and svulptural.
Friday, May 8, 2015
Weekly reader: a roundup of world news on death, mourning, and more
DEATH
Studying
death: forensic investigators step up science of human decomposition – via Mo
Costandi at the Guardian. Thorough reporting!
Urban
Death Project wants you to compost yourself – via the CBC
They used to take
pictures of the dead – via Mike Cahill at ViralNova
Superrich
funding search for immortality – via Ariana Eujung Cha at This Week
Want
to practice being cremated? Thanks to a Chinese amusement park, now you can
– via Rose Troup Buchanan
How
a Death Row inmate’s altruistic request to make organ donations may prevent him
from being executed – via Devi Nampiaparampil in Newsweek. A painful and
thorough examination, this story is not for the immature. As even-handed a reporting
job as I have seen in many a day.
L.A.’s
volunteer Crisis Response Team out to help those left behind when loved ones
killed – via Soumaya Karlamangla in stuff.co.nz
Baghdad
cellist transmutes bombing site with solo concert – via Louisa Lovelock at
the Telegraph
Keeping
Lenin fresh – via Erin Blakemore at Smithsonian
Hispanic
workers in greater danger of at-work deaths – via Deena Shanker at Quartz
Want
to talk about death? Come to dinner – via Leslie McClurg at NPR
MOURNING
Social
media and mourning – boundaries – via Leanne Italie at AP
Facebook
exec Sandberg pens tribute to late husband Dave Goldberg – via Suzanne
Samin in Kveller
And
a response to Sandberg’s message – from Katie Lyon in Medium
Should
one grieve a fictional character’s death? One grief counselor says yes –
via Eliana Dockterman
FUNERALS
Feds
crack down on funeral homes – via Kate Gibson at CBS
Five
fascinating funeral rituals – via Jenna Murrell at the Seeker
Children’s
entertainer Lois Lilienstein’s funeral features mariachi band, chocolate chips
– via CBC News
Finding
beauty, closure in another faith’s funeral – via Barb Abramson in the
Huffington Post
Yes, they
live-bloggged the Lincoln funeral reenactment – via the State
Journal-Register
Funeral
directors stashed bodies at their city-morgue jobs –via Susan Edelman at
the New York Post
OBITS
An outstanding obit for Sabeen Mahmud,
murdered Karachi activist – via the Economist
How
strange: the weird life and death of Leon Shaw – via Andy Binion at the
Kitsap Sun
She
had a WHAT of grandchildren? – via legacy.com
Save
time and maintain creative control – write your own obit – via Laura La
Rose at the Canadian Press
Guy Carawan
Folk singer and civil rights activist; one of the creators of "We Shall Overcome" -- via the New York Times. Another exquisitely researched and written obit from Margalit Fox.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Wednesday, May 6, 2015
Errol Brown
Singer and songwriter, best known as the front man of Hot Chocolate -- via the Guardian. Biggest hits: "You Sexy Thing" and the original version of "Brother Louie."
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Ellen Albertini Dow
Actress -- via Deadline. Best known for her more recent comedic roles, she spent decades on stage, performing comedy, mime, and Yiddish theater.
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