Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Deathcetera: the world's news in death and mourning

DEATH

So, what happens when Queen Elizabeth II dies? – by Rob Price at Business Insider

Life is cheap for Nepali workers in the Mideast – from Sugam Pokharel at CNN

‘Death with Dignity’ laws considered anew in American states – by Michael Ollove at the Huffington Post

Program enables the dying to view great art – via the Huffington Post

Coping with the death of a spouse – from Kate Ashton at the BBC


Seven kinds of near-death experiences – via Rachel Nuwer at the BBC

Thomas Ades’s new work, “Totentanz,” reviewed by Alex Ross in the New Yorker


Final tweets – from oddee.com


MOURNING

Putin critic Nemtsov’s funeral march – by Masha Lipman at the New Yorker


Kurdish singers preserve thousands of legends, and songs of mourning – via the Anadolu Agency in the Daily Sabah

Celebrity death and social media – by Catrina Dennis at moviepilot




FUNERALS

Women moving into mortuary profession – via Katherine Johnson at WDAZ



VA causes delays in veterans’ funerals – via Nathan Baca at WBNS

Lighthearted feature story about a young mortician – via Thaddeus Mast at the Laramie Boomerang

Mortuary science is changing – from Andre Eggert at the Minnesota Post

Funeral protest restrictions moved in Iowa – from James Q. Lynch at the Gazette

Analyzing funeral costs – via Dustin Klemann at KTVQ


OBITS

Some caveats concerning New York Times obits – from Kevin Lollar at the News-Press