What’s It Like to Autopsy Marilyn Monroe?
The most famous coroner on earth may well be Dr. Thomas Tsunetomi Noguchi, who was born on January 4, 1927, in Fukuoka, Japan, and was ...
Category: Death in Popular Culture
Day of the Dead Takes on the World
The day after Halloween, and the day after that, is Day of the Dead, and the ancient festival, to use a modern word, is trending.
Death by Extreme Heat is a 21st Century Death
July has ended, and with it the hottest month ever recorded in human history.
Welcome to A Pacific Island Nation with 125 million people—and almost no gun deaths
Last week, in Nakano City, Japan, an evacuation center was opened in the gymnasium of a middle school, and local officials provided shelter, blankets, food, ...
Where in the Wide World of Death Wear Do Memorial Hoodies Fit In?
In talking to a fellow writer, I recently learned of a new trend in death wear—the memorial hoodie.
At What Age Do You Gain The Right to Stop Being Worked to Death?
At what age do you gain the right to stop being worked to death? In the last few months, two interesting news stories on opposite ...
Do Robots Deserve Funerals?
An American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Robots has formed. Saudi Arabia has granted a robot honorary citizenship, and as we wrote here ...
From Hollywood Star to Small Town Everyman, What It Takes to Write A Great Obituary
Gina Lollobrigida, movie star and sex symbol, is dead at 95. With this headline begins the obituary of Gina Lollobrigida, a famously gorgeous Italian actress who ...
Controversy of A President’s Death, and Health, From Biden to Trump, King Tut to JFK
The elephant in the room of US politics right now appears to be just how old is too old to be president of the United ...
Do You Trust A Robot Car To Save Your Life?
Would you trust a robot with your life? Or perhaps the more appropriate question is, would you trust a robotic car with the ability to ...
How Long Do You Mourn A Queen?
On Thursday, September 8th, at 3:10 pm, the Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, passed away at Balmoral Castle, the British royal family’s sumptuous estate ...
This Special 9/11 Viewing Room Holds Bodies Reduced to Dust, 21 Years On Others Are Still Being Identified
The September 11th attacks happened 21 years ago, but many families still wait to see the bodies of the loved ones they lost that day.
What is dead, and when do we really die?
Last month, researchers at Yale University published the astounding results that organs from a pig they had killed by inducing cardiac arrest were still showing ...
Where Do Tombstones Come From, and What Makes a Good One?
Who on earth is scared of some rocks? Well, what if they are haunted rocks. What if they are the remains of a rock quarry ...
The Rise of the Pet Death Psychics, And a New Brand of Death Care
It can be said that Laura Stinchfield represents a new type of deathcare worker.
