DEATHCETERA: A weekly roundup of stories worldwide on death, mourning and more

TOP STORIES

‘Death is always the best career move’ – the Telegraph on celebrity’s digital afterlife

Livestreaming funerals: innovation or abomination? – from Lex Berko via the Atlantic

‘Second-Hand Grief’ – Laura Leigh Abby on how mourning affects life for a partner, at Modern Loss

DEATH

More on the cult of Santa Muerte – from Oriana Gonzalez and Alasdair Baverstock at the Daily Mail

Stephen Colbert’s last guest will be Death – via Patrick Kevin Day at the L.A. Times

Magical website tells you when you’re going to die – from fastcodesign.com

MOURNING

Digital mourning – by Adam Wernick at PRI

‘How to Survive the Mourning After’ by Monique Minahan in Elephant Journal

FUNERALS

A mass funeral for the unclaimed dead in Los Angeles – from John Schleuss, Taylor Goldenstein, and Maloy Moore at the L.A. Times

What’s a pauper’s funeral like? – from Jenan Taylor at the Australian

Funeral costs so high in Britain officials worry about backyard burials – via the BBC

This is definitely not the funeral director for you – via Barry Smythe at the Mirror

We discover the National Museum of Funeral History in a story concerning ‘weird museums’ – via Donna Gordon Blankinship and AP

OBITS

Newspapers want to regain financial benefits of publishing obituaries – from Diana Marszalek at Net News Check.

‘6 Things Obituaries Can Teach Us about Living Better’ – via Catherine Pearson and the Huffington Post