TOP
STORIES
Police turn
backs on NYC mayor as he delivers eulogy for slain police officer – via Michael
J. Gyrnbaum in the New York Times
Recreating
famous deaths – through the sense of smell – from rt.com
DEATH
Two New York
City police officers randomly slain by gunman; police departments across nation
join in mourning
– via Sunnie Huang and the CBC
“Can we talk
about death?”
– from Joanna Weiss in the Boston Globe
MOURNING
Rites of
mourning detailed for slain officers – via Al Bake and J. David Goodman at
the New York Times.
Chaos and grief
continue in case of 43 missing students in Mexico – via Sandra
Larriva at Forbes
Mourning Moms a
support for bereaved parents – from Rowena Coetsee at Contra Costa
Times
FUNERALS
Funeral process
is a “waiting game”
– from Imari Williams at Homicide Watch
Want to preserve
your DNA? Funeral home will do that for a fee – from JD Malone at the Columbus
Dispatch
END-OF-LIFE
ISSUES
An interview
with Ellen Goodman, founder of The Conversation Project, which treats
end-of-life issues
– via Here and Now at NPR