DEATH
Studying
death: forensic investigators step up science of human decomposition – via Mo
Costandi at the Guardian. Thorough reporting!
Urban
Death Project wants you to compost yourself – via the CBC
They used to take
pictures of the dead – via Mike Cahill at ViralNova
Superrich
funding search for immortality – via Ariana Eujung Cha at This Week
Want
to practice being cremated? Thanks to a Chinese amusement park, now you can
– via Rose Troup Buchanan
How
a Death Row inmate’s altruistic request to make organ donations may prevent him
from being executed – via Devi Nampiaparampil in Newsweek. A painful and
thorough examination, this story is not for the immature. As even-handed a reporting
job as I have seen in many a day.
L.A.’s
volunteer Crisis Response Team out to help those left behind when loved ones
killed – via Soumaya Karlamangla in stuff.co.nz
Baghdad
cellist transmutes bombing site with solo concert – via Louisa Lovelock at
the Telegraph
Keeping
Lenin fresh – via Erin Blakemore at Smithsonian
Hispanic
workers in greater danger of at-work deaths – via Deena Shanker at Quartz
Want
to talk about death? Come to dinner – via Leslie McClurg at NPR
MOURNING
Social
media and mourning – boundaries – via Leanne Italie at AP
Facebook
exec Sandberg pens tribute to late husband Dave Goldberg – via Suzanne
Samin in Kveller
And
a response to Sandberg’s message – from Katie Lyon in Medium
Should
one grieve a fictional character’s death? One grief counselor says yes –
via Eliana Dockterman
FUNERALS
Feds
crack down on funeral homes – via Kate Gibson at CBS
Five
fascinating funeral rituals – via Jenna Murrell at the Seeker
Children’s
entertainer Lois Lilienstein’s funeral features mariachi band, chocolate chips
– via CBC News
Finding
beauty, closure in another faith’s funeral – via Barb Abramson in the
Huffington Post
Yes, they
live-bloggged the Lincoln funeral reenactment – via the State
Journal-Register
Funeral
directors stashed bodies at their city-morgue jobs –via Susan Edelman at
the New York Post
OBITS
An outstanding obit for Sabeen Mahmud,
murdered Karachi activist – via the Economist
How
strange: the weird life and death of Leon Shaw – via Andy Binion at the
Kitsap Sun
She
had a WHAT of grandchildren? – via legacy.com
Save
time and maintain creative control – write your own obit – via Laura La
Rose at the Canadian Press