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| A photo from the collection of the Museum of Mourning Photography and Memorial Practice, courtesy the Cult of Mac website. |
TOP STORIES
David Pierini of the Cult of Mac visits the Museum
of Mourning Photography and Memorial Practice in Chicago
Zachary T. Sampson and Martin Finucane of the Boston Globe
report on an unlicensed funeral director who possessed 12
bodies in a storage unit. And the New York Daily News adds that the same
individual had 40
sets of cremated remains in another storage unit.
A tribute to a man not well-known reminds us that actions,
not renown, are how a life should be measured – written by Soo Ewe Jin of
the Star of Malaysia
DEATH
From Still Standing magazine, Loni H.E. describes life after the
death of an infant
Richard Harris on Forbes magazine investigates the
growing call for the legalization of assisted death
Postmortem
digital existence – the possibilities debated, from Jeff Stone at the
International Business Times
Identity
thieves target the dead, per WBBH-TV
MOURNING
Is
mourning to be condemned? It depends on which side you’re on in the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict, per Sergio Yahni of Alternative News
Grandpa’s funeral – a
very beautiful and loving tribute from just a couple of regular folks. Via
paigeandchris.com.
OBITS
Jack Know of the Alberni Valley Colonist examines obits – good,
bad, and indifferent
Ben Garrett on the
importance of obituaries
FUNERAL HOMES
Does
the funeral industry need tighter regulation? Roddie Burris of Columbia,
SC’s The State reports on widely differing charges for the same services
Annie Pilon of Small Business Trends tells us about a mortician
who’s also a magician
Evicting
landlord finds decomposing bodies in funeral home – via Mitch Mitchell of
the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
MISC
Nancy Lofholm in the Denver Post reports on
jumbled cemetery records that dismay families of the deceased