DEATH
Opening
up the conversation: Sarah Kliff on
discussing death and dying in Vox
On
being a death doula – from Laura Saba via Confessions of a Funeral Director
Medicolegal
Death Investigator Training Course draws forensic pathologists . . . and crime
novelists . . . and TV crime-show writers . . . – from Art Holliday at KDSK
What social
media gets wrong about death and mourning – from Scaachi Koul at the Globe
and Mail
Antiquers
collect mourning jewelry made from hair -- by Illise Carter at Racked
MOURNING
Touching
ceremony for Little Jimmy Dickens in Nashville – by Nancy Krum
at People Magazine
In
Judaism, special foods comfort mourners – from Tal Trachtman Alroy at the
Jewish Daily Forward
FUNERALS
Widow, mother
fight at soldier’s funeral after three-year wait – from Angus
Howarth at the Scotsman
‘Wrestling with
Death’: is this a reality show we need? – from Kelly P. Kissel at AP
Interview with
mortician Gina Krotee
– by Amanda Chatel at Bustle
Why become a
mortician?
– from Erik Lacitis at the Seattle Times
Dozens
die at funeral from beer poisoned with crocodile bile – via the Daily Mail
OBITS
A
meditation on writing and reading obituaries – from Chris Reagle at Wicked
Local Plymouth
Guy writes songs
based on obits
– via Rachel Martin at West Virginia Public Radio