Guitarist -- via the New York Daily News.
Interesting, overlooked, and significant obituaries from around the world, as they happen, emphasizing the positive achievements of those who have died. Member, Society of Professional Obituary Writers.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Deathcetera: the week in death and mourning
DEATH
Genius
– Robin Williams restricts right of publicity for his image for 25 years –
via Eriq Garner at the Hollywood Reporter
The
Terry Schiavo right-to-die decision, 10 years after – from Arthur Caplan
via NBC News
Japan’s
Lonely Deaths Squads clean, process that left behind by those who die in isolation
– via John Hall for the Daily Mail
What
happens when you have a Death Row but no death penalty? – by Kevin
McSpadden in TIME
New from the Order of the Good
Death: ‘Last Meals and Fossilized Poop’ --- from Caitlin Doughty on YouTube
Deathbed
tweeting or no? – from Steven Petrow in USA Today
Witnessing
capital punishment – from Maggie Allder in the Guardian
MOURNING
Photographer
inserts dead husband into family photo – via Morgan Chesky at WTHR
FUNERALS
Local
funeral directors object to funeral corporation’s tactics – by Patti Mengers
at the Delaware County Daily Times
Chevra
Kadisha leader plans her own funeral – via the Jewish Journal
Oh, dear –
making a funeral into a multimedia show – via Roddie Burris at The State
Childrens’
deaths make funeral plans a volatile experience – from Marney Rich Keenan
at the Detroit News
A mortician’s life in China
– via New China TV and YouTube
Seniors
nix funeral home across street – via Shannon Mullen at the Asbury Park
Press
OBITS
Self-penned
obit goes viral – from Ed Mazza in the Huffington Post
Friday, April 3, 2015
Ralph Sharon
Jazz pianist; long-time Tony Bennett accompanist who suggested he sing "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" -- via the Denver Post. Ralph lived in Boulder, Colorado for many years after his "retirement," and was a pleasure as a talent and as a person.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Manoel de Oliveira
Film director and screenwriter -- via EFE. He began working in film in 1927, and completed his first in 1931. Focused originally on short films and documentaries, with time he began producing narrative features as well, creating an amazing body of work (62 films) that spanned many styles. He is best known in America for his 2001 "I'm Going Home." An amazingly versatile storyteller who illuminated the human.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Marvin Wilson, the Tamale Man
Entrepreneur, restaurateur, and street poet; a pioneer of the food truck movement -- via the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Deathcetera: the week in death and mourning
DEATH
Learning to talk about death – from PBS NewsHour
Nursing homes opening up to talk about death, listening to the end-life plans of those who live there – via Stacey Burling at the Philadelphia Inquirer
It doesn’t end well: grisly royal deaths – from Ross McG in Metro
Want to feel more alive? Think about death all the time – via Lauren Martin in Elite Daily
‘Senior Citizen Keeps Mind Active by Contemplating Death’ – from The Onion
Learning about Jewish death rituals close up – by Lois Solomon in the Sun-Sentinel
When teens have to face terminal illness – via Jan Hoffman at the New York Times
If a prisoner dies, and there are no records, did they die? – from Lois Norder at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Investigating the Neolithic practice of “defleshing” the dead – from Erin Blakemore at the Smithsonian
MOURNING
On grieving – from Melissa Gould in the Huffington Post
Couple collects Victorian mourning memorabilia – via Andy Smith at the Providence Journal
Re-grieving: the second death of Chinua Achebe – by Chris Gayomali in Fast Company
Re-enactor performs one-person show on mourning in Victorian Era – from Kate Seckinger in the Daily Mail (U.S.)
FUNERALS
Richard III’s funeral was fit for a . . . well, you know – by Megan Gannon in livescience
Pre-pay funeral contracts opened door to massive Ponzi scheme – from Dave Lieber at the Denton Record-Chronicle
Funeral museum one of only 10 nationwide – via WDBJ
Did strays really attend funeral of woman who fed them? – from Andrew McCormack of the Daily Mail
OBITS
Thomas Koch
Comedy writer -- via legacy.com. A largely unknown talent, he started off in radio, then wrote for TV and print as well. He contributed more than 3,000 pieces to Bob and Ray; he worked extensively for MAD magzine. His best-know piece for them, "43-Man Squamish," became so popular that people actually tried to play it.
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