Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Deathcetera: the week in death and mourning

DEATH


What’s it like to work on Death Row? – from Kim Bellware in the Huffington Post




The changing causes of death – from Nick Triggle at the BBC



What do you do with a dead astronaut? – by Daniel Oberhaus in Slate

Death a big moneymaker for Legacy.com – via Melanie Payne at the News-Press (FL)


Taxidermy classes at the Morbid anatomy Museum – by Stuart Miller at the New York Times


MOURNING


Mourning Gunter Grass – via Deutsche Welle

Balloonists salute slain bride – via Yahoo News

Coverage of FDR’s death, 70 years ago – from Roger DuPuis in the Wilkes-Barre Times Leader

More memories of FDR’s death – from Kelly Hopper in the Dayton Daily News

His year of traditional Jewish mourning closes – from Howard Barbanel in the Huffington Post

“How the world mourned Lincoln” – by Matt Ford in the Atlantic


FUNERALS

Coverage of Lincoln’s funeral odyssey, 150 years ago – from Alma Gaul at the Quad-City Times

Welcome to my funeral! – by Stu Bykofsky at philly.com


Funerals for the two victims of NYC gas blast – via Robert Stolarik in the New York Times


Funeral homes expand into catering, reception offerings – from Hanna Raskin in The Post and Courier

Local funeral homes squawk as big company muscles in – via Patti Mengers in the Mainline Media News

‘Grave Matters’ teaches evolution of funeral industry – by Eric Hrin in the Daily Review

Video: Comedian pulls pranks at mom’s funeral – via teamcoco.com