Archive for April, 2010
Meeting Offers Information on Home Funerals Jeffrey Weiss, The Dallas Morning News (April 12, 2010) When the Death Reference Desk formally launched in the summer of 2009, it became clear that economic issues related to death and dying would continually pop up. Earlier this week, The Dallas Morning News ran an article on home funerals [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + the Economy|Death + the Law
- Tags: funerals
Fire, Beauty and Death in Bali
14, Apr 2010What does a cremation sound like? Most of us in the Western world would be hard-pressed to answer that question. Cremation is something that takes place out of sight, and for most, out of mind. The fiery furnaces are lit, the body is rolled in and a few hours later, ashes to ashes, dust to [...]
- By: Kim
- In: Afterlife|Cremation|Grief + Mourning
- Tags: anthropology, audio, Bali
How Dead Bodies are Supposed to be Repatriated
13, Apr 2010How Do You Repatriate A Body from the UK? BBC News (April 7, 2010) In response to last week’s incident at Liverpool John Lennon Airport wherein two women tried to take a dead man’s body on the plane because he “…was sleeping…” the BBC has helpfully explained the proper dead body repatriation procedure. I wrote [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Humor|Death + Popular Culture|Death + the Law
- Tags: corpse abuse
Women Try to Take Body on Plane at Liverpool Airport BBC News (April 6, 2010) Two Women Arrested After Attempting to Smuggle Body on Plane Pair told staff at Liverpool John Lennon airport that 91-year-old dead relative was sleeping James Meikle, The Guardian (April 6, 2010) Straight out of the Dead Body Stories You Can’t [...]
- By: John
- In: Death + Humor|Death + Popular Culture|Death + the Law
- Tags: corpse abuse