TOP
STORIES
Brittany
Maynard, Death with Dignity advocate, ends her own life – Catherine Shoichet
at CNN
The
rise of the pauper’s funeral – via Amelia Gentleman at the Guardian
“Decoding
the Food and Drink on a Day of the Dead altar” – by Karen Castillo Farfan
at NPR
DEATH
The
cult of Santa Muerte in Mexico – by Michael Schulson at the Daily Beast
Clive
James faces death – interviewed by Steven Erlanger at the New York Times
How do
nurses deal with patients’ deaths? – from Scrubs magazine
Pagans
observe Samhain – from Katie Bailey at the Citizen-Times
Funeral
and Memorial Information Council puts on p.r. push to have families have that “talk
of a lifetime” – that is, about your death. From Jay Levin at northjersey.com
Memento
mori: medieval images of death – via medievalists.net.
MOURNING
More
on the mourning ensemble show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – from the New
York Post, Vanity
Fair, Jezebel,
Racked,
Paste,
Thought
Catalog,
Mourning
in the digital age – via Bella Mackie at the Guardian
Writing
and loss
– from Carol McGranahan at Savage Minds
Mourning
customs changing on the subcontinent – from the Times of India
Italian
cemeteries contain moving art, significant architecture – by Anna Madgwick
in Italy Traveller
Digital
methods of mourning – from Karen Heller at the Washington Post
FUNERALS
Black-owned
funeral homes in decline – from Lewis Wallace at WYSO
The
booming funeral business – a report from NBC News
END-OF-LIFE
ISSUES
Daughter
charged for helping father end his life – via inquisitor.com
You are
diagnosed with terminal cancer. What do you do? How about paddle board down the
Ganges! – from Jacque Wilson at CNN
FUNERALS
How
does a mortician get a date? At death-meet.com, of course! – from Dan
Bowens at myfoxny.com.
Mortician
Q & A conducted by Jonathan Anker at HLN TV
Ancient
Pangasinan burial rites discussed – from Gabriel Cardinoza and Yolanda
Sotelo at inquirer.net.
OBITUARIES
An
amusing self-penned obituary – via Robbie Gonzalez at io9
OTHER
Death
cakes! From Confessions of a Funeral Director