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Why Beans Were an Ancient Emblem of Death
Fava beans can be lethal. By Anne Ewbank.
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The lesson from Hither Green – no one can be forced to share another’s grief
The floral tributes to slain intruder Henry Vincent have caused anger and resentment, but shrines are rarely places of peace, says religion writer Andrew Brown.
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When do you know you’re old enough to die?
With her latest book, Natural Causes, Barbara Ehrenreich notes that there’s an age at which death no longer requires much explanation.
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Steven Bochco, ‘Hill Street Blues’ creator, dead at 74
Steven Bochco, the prolific TV creator responsible for hits including “Hill Street Blues,” “L.A. Law” and “NYPD Blue,” has died.
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Mystery surrounds SUV cliff plunge that killed entire family
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nobody answered the door when a child-welfare worker went to the Washington state home of the big, free-spirited Hart family to investigate a neighbor's complaint that the youngsters were going hungry.
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Former Blockbuster owner dies at 80
The college dropout made his fortune in waste disposal before he owned the video store chain.
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Toys ‘R’ Us founder Charles Lazarus dies as company crumbles
The founder of Toys “R” Us passed away Thursday, a week after the company said it would close all of its U.S. stores.
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Old tradition: Stopping clocks after a loved one dies.
In Victorian times, when someone died in the house and there was a clock in the room, you had to stop the clock at the death hour or the family of the household would have bad luck. Its origin seems to emanate from Germany and Great Britain. They believed that when a person died time stood still for them and a new period of existence started without time. To permit time to continue was to invite the spirit of the deceased to remain and haunt unendingly. Stopping time was a way to allow the deceased to move on.”
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Japanese woman ‘dies from overwork’ after logging 159 hours of overtime in a month
Japan has again been forced to confront its work culture after labour inspectors ruled that the death of a 31-year-old journalist at the country’s public broadcaster, NHK, had been caused by overwork. Miwa Sado, who worked at the broadcaster’s headquarters in Tokyo, logged 159 hours of overtime and took only two days off in the month leading up to her death from heart failure in July 2013.
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Sex and death in the classical world
From striking coffin portraits to boldly erotic statues, the art of the Romans and Greeks tells us compelling stories about how they lived, died, and loved. By Mary Beard.
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Former GameStop CEO J. Paul Raines has died
Recent GameStop chief executive officer Julian Paul Raines has died due to complications with cancer. The world’s largest gaming retailer confirmed the passing, and Mike Mauler, who stepped i…
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Holly Butcher’s moving final letter goes viral after death
A Heartbreaking letter written by a dying young woman is going viral after she passed away last week.
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Families wanting to retrieve the sperm of their deceased sons raise ethical issues
An ongoing case in Israel touches on a decades-old global debate. By Joseph Frankel.
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Ushering My Father to a (Mostly) Good Death
Karen Brown recalls conspiring with her father in his final weeks to find some humor in the pain.
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Love and Longing in Ancient Amphipolis
Dating the Dead. By Aaron Dabbah.
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Who first buried the dead?
Evidence of burial rites by the primitive, small-brained Homo naledi suggests that symbolic behaviour is very ancient indeed. By Paige Madison.
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Australian diplomat dies in New York fall
Julian Simpson accidentally slipped from a balcony, in what US media say followed a "trust game".
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Being a Funeral Director Made Me Realize the Death Industry is Too Exclusive
Americans might have a healthier attitude toward death if people like me didn’t keep it so hidden from view. By Caleb Wilde.
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What It’s Like to Learn You’re Going to Die
Palliative-care doctors explain the “existential slap” that many people face at the end. By Jennie Dear.
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It's Now Legal to Liquefy a Dead Body in California
On Sunday, California Governor Jerry Brown passed AB 967, an innocuously named bill for a not-so-innocuous law. The bill, proposed by assembly member Todd Gloria, a San Diego democrat, will make it legal for Californians to liquefy their corpses after death in a bath of caustic juice.
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