DEATH
Neurologist and
writer Oliver Sacks on learning of his terminal cancer – via the New
York Times
Re: Oliver Sacks
– is writing about death online helping us deal with it? – by Sarah
Seltzer at Flavorwire
More on the
debate on doctor-assisted death – from Elizabeth Picciuto at the Daily
Beast
Woman will
receive rose on V-Day from dead husband until she dies – from the Good
News Network
MOURNING
Against
euphemizing in grief
– by Julienne Grey in the New York Times
On
art and mourning – via jordansarti at creative
communityreview.wordpress.com
FUNERALS
Making the
funeral process more transparent and participatory – via Rolf Boone
at the Oregonian
Wrong
corpse buried – via AP
OBITS
The joys of
being an obit writer
– by Alena Hall at the Huffington Post
Funny obits
compiled
– by Jackie Taurinanen at HLN