 |
| A photo from Cathrine Ertmann's photo essay "About Dying," as shown at beautifuldecay.com. |
TOP
STORIES
Protests,
some violent, break out after burial of police victim Eric Garner – by Jennie
Matthew at AFP via Yahoo News
An interesting thought and responses in
the Guardian, initiated by Kathrine Whitehorn – obituary
– tribute or truth?
Photographer
Cathrine Ertmann makes bold photo essay at morgue – from Leslie
Tane at Beautiful/Decay. CAUTION: GRAPHIC AND UNSETTLING.
DEATH
New York City’s
mass grave that no one can visit – from Alison Meier at Hyperallergic
MOURNING
Black poets
speak out about police homicide cases – via Matt Petronzio in Mashable
Rabbis recite
kaddish (memorial prayer) for police-murdered Eric Garner, go to jail – via Antonia
Blumberg at Huffington Post
Photographer
couple explored American funeral services and customs – from Ann
Strainchamps at Public Radio Interntional.
FUNERALS
Death without
Darkness – a crematory redesign from Caitlin Doughty via Medium/Re-form
Confessions of a
Funeral Director’s Caleb Wilde interviewed by Eric Puchner in Medium/Matter
END-OF-LIFE
Elizabeth Reis
tells us why an advance directive is so important, from personal experience – via the New
York Times
OBITS
Did Kirk Douglas
die? No. But People magazine published his obit – via Brittany
King, Hollywood Life
Dictator’s son
disputes his obituary 11 years after it’s published – via Craig
Silverman at Poynter.
Neil Steinberg
discusses being an advance obituarist – in the Chicago Sun-Times