Elina Labourdette

Actress -- via purepeople.com. Best known for her role as gnes in the early Bresson filmj "Les dames du Bois de Boulogne," she also appeared in films such as Demy's "Lola."

Cedric Wyatt

Indigenous rights activist -- via The Australian.

Matilde Perez

Artist -- via latercera.com.

Mary Cadogan

Scholar of and writer on children's fiction -- via the Telegraph.

Jadir Ambrosio

Musician and composer -- via otempo.com.br.

Otto Paparazzo

Innovative developer -- via the New York Times.

Sheila Tracy

Radio host and trombonist -- via the Telegraph.

Lynsey de Paul

Singer and songwriter -- via the BBC. AKA Lynsey Rubin. Write several pop hits, TV themes, and more.

George M. Roberts

Trombonist -- via the Hollywood Reporter. AKA Mr. Bass Trombone. A highly valued studio musician, he's featured over more than 6,000 recordings.

Ray Lambrecht

Car collector -- via the New York Times. While I'm on intrinsically interested in his life story, Bruce Weber's obit is a prime example of the genre.

Earl Smith

Former MLB player -- via the Fresno Bee.

Cara Silverman

Film editor -- via the Hollywood Reporter.

Paul Savage

Actor and screenwriter -- via westernboothill.blgospot.com.

Luis Nishizawa

Artist -- via La Jornada.

Dannie Abse

Poet and doctor -- via the Telegraph.

Eileen McKenna

Ad exec and child actress -- via Ad Age. The first pre-teen to be a Breck Girl, she also featured in Xerox's very first TV commercial.

Jack Eagle

Comic, actor, and trumpeter -- via the L.A. Times. Best remembered as Brother Dominic in an iconic Xerox commercial.

George "Shotgun" Shuba

Former MLB player -- via the New York Times. Remembered for his congratulatory handshake with Jackie Robinson after Jackie hit his first big homer in pro ball (playing for the Montreal Royals farm team against the Jersey City Giants in the old International League, on April 18, 1946). At the time, it was a groundbreaking act of racial acceptance.

Tuula Nyman

Actress -- via mtv.fi.

Jean Phillipe Auclair and Carl Andreas Fransson

Fransson, left, and Aucliar died together.

Extreme skiers; killed in avalanche -- via the Independent.

Maggie Stables

Actress -- via Big Finish Audio.

Raymond "Big Al" Brownley

Plumber -- via legacy.com. A humorous obituary.

Justin McCowan

Research volunteer -- via NPR.

Zhang Xianliang

Writer -- via english.eastday.com.

http://english.cntv.cn/2014/09/28/VIDE1411902604487710.shtml

Abdelmajid Lakhal

Actor and director -- via tunisie14.tn.

Eugie Foster

Writer, columnist, and editor -- via Boing Boing.

Petr Skoumal

Musician and composer -- via blesk.cz.

Sam Hall

TV writer ("Dark Shadows," "One Life to Live") -- via serialscoop.com.

John McIlwaine

Forensic archaeologist -- via the Guardian.

Gerald Larue

Right-to-die activist -- via the New York Times.

WEEKLY READER: An international roundup of stories on death, dying, mourning and more

TOP STORIES

An interview with New York Times obituarist Margalit Fox – from Alex Ronan of the Paris Review

Bourree Lam interviews celebrity mortician Caitlin Doughty in the Atlantic

From Caleb Wilde in Confessions of a Funeral Director: “Why Funeral Directors Become Narcissists: Seven Reasons”

DEATH

A pagan perspective on death and burial – from Cara Schulz at The Wild Hunt

What can you do when someone dies on a plane? – by Laura Begley Bloom of Yahoo Travel

Plastinated corpse exhibit banned in Berlin – per NBC News.

“Death Row dinners” concept so revolting it’s canceled before it begins – via Alain Tolhurst

MOURNING

Sisters honor deceased bride-to-be by participating in mud race – from Susanna Kim at ABC News

Looking at the dynamics of grief and mourning for the “suicide-bereaved” – via Counseling Connection

“The Jewish Mourning Tradition of Shiva” from Zoe Byrne at Seven Ponds

Mourning on social media by Jennifer Golbeck in Psychology Today

FUNERALS

“Food of the Dead: A Culinary History of Funeral Food” at the Brooklyn Brainery on Oct. 29

Woman to have Philadelphia Eagles-themed funeral – from David Chang at NBC Philadelphia.

In praise of funeral slide shows: from Sheryl at Being Fifty-Something

Mortician to bring funeral collection to horror/sci-fi convention Shocka-Con; from Zack Harold at the Charleston Daily Mail

Randy Hutchinson of the Better Business Bureau, in the Jacksonville Sun, tells us about the FTC consumer-protection funeral rules

Jeremy Glass at Supercompressor asks morticians: Can you really treat a body like the title character in “Weekend at Bernie’s?”

New funeral customs in Uganda – from Carol Kasujja of New Vision

Pre-paid funeral accounts gone after funeral director goes out of business – via Joe Ducey at ABC 15 Arizona

Funeral co-ops grow in Canada to reduce costs – via Justina Reichel at the Epoch Times

From Confessions of a Funeral Director, another green burial idea

A funeral for the Corcoran Gallery of Art – via Maura Judkis of the Washington Post

OBITS

On Catholic Sports Net, Billy Reed eulogizes his mentor, the late Larry Van Hoose

When an obituary is written to make the writer look good, by Joan King in the Gainesville Times

Obituary reveals man’s five-year affair – via Sam Rkaina in The Mirror

In TIME magazine, Helen Shulman memorializes her cousin David

HUMOR

From the Onion: “What Mom Would Have Wanted Evolving Over Course of Funeral Planning”

From Clickhole: “Death is Just a Natural Part of this Statue of Liberty Tour”

More humor: “More People Refusing to Die Due to High Funeral Costs”

Jaak Joala

Singer -- via postimees.ee. AKA "The Kremlin's Nightingale" for his many Soviet-era performances in Russia.

Walter Josef Fischer

Graffiti artist -- via artnet.com. AKA Oz. Responsible for more than 120,000 tags; spent a cumulative eight years in prison for his activities.

Ailo Gaup

Shaman and writer -- via nrk.no.

Karl Miller

Editor, writer, and critic -- via the Guardian.

Anatoly Eiramdzhan

Film director and producer; novelist -- via svpressa.ru.

Seref Tasliova

Poet and storyteller -- via CNN Turk.

Jan Berdyszak

Artist -- via poznan.gazeta.pl.

Tom Tombrello

Physics professor -- via the L.A. Times.

Irit Levi

Actress and screenwriter -- via legacy.com.

Muhammad Shakeel Auj

Islamic scholar -- via the Independent.

Pati Hill

Writer and artist -- via the Tampa By Telegraph.

Guntram Brattia

Actor -- via tirol.orf.at.

Zdenek Horinek

Theater historian and critic; actor -- via blesk.cz.

Alastair Reid

Essayist, poet, and translator -- via the Guardian.

John Moat

Poet, novelist, and painter -- via the Telegraph.