Archive for March, 2010
Funeral Director’s Billboards: “Don’t End Up Here” Elizabeth Schubert , 13WHAM, Rochester, New York (March 26, 2010) A funeral director in Rochester, New York, counteracts the community sadness and frustration of clients brought to his services through violence with a series of billboards in English and Spanish. The message couldn’t be more direct: “Stop the [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Funeral Industry
- Tags: funeral homes, marketing
Washing the Dead for Muslim Funerals
25, Mar 2010The Washing: In the Muslim Custom of Bathing the Dead, She Found a Deep Sense of Reward — and Shaved off 40 Sins Reshma Memon Yaqub, The Washington Post (March 21, 2010) Modern human migration has created a real dilemma for the first, second, and third generations of immigrant children. When a relative dies, many [...]
- By: John
- In: Burial|Funeral Industry
- Tags: anthropology, funeral homes, religion
No Assisted Suicide Charge for Son of Sir Edward Downes BBC News (March 19, 2010) My very first post for the Death Reference Desk occurred on July 15, 2009 and it discussed the deaths of Edward and Joan Downes. The Downes’ went to the Dignitas Clinic in Switzerland to die together, their’s is a common [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Law|Death Ethics|Suicide
- Tags: assisted dying, Edward and Joan Downes
Coffin Academy… Now with Video!
18, Mar 2010R.I.P. Me Nightline (March 10, 2010) via KoreAm, “Coffin Academy on Nightline” I posted in January about Coffin Academy, the corporate retreat for confronting one’s own death in South Korea. Clarissa Ward, reporter for Nightline, recently checked it out. Enjoy.
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Death + Popular Culture
- Tags: death meditation, seminars, video
The Sisters Fox
16, Mar 2010Episode 27: The Sisters Fox Nate DiMeo, The Memory Palace (March 12, 2010) In his latest podcast at The Memory Palace, Nate DiMeo tells the story of the Fox Sisters in mid-nineteenth century America. These girls spooked their parents and neighbors with tales of communing with the dead. Naturally, this turned into a sell-out show [...]
- By: Meg Holle
- In: Afterlife|Death + Popular Culture
- Tags: podcast, spiritualism