-
+14 +1
Gord Downie dead: The Tragically Hip lead singer dies of cancer at 53
'The Gordfather' — as many Tragically Hip fans called Downie — succumbed to brain cancer at age 53.
-
+15 +1
A Brief History of the ‘Danse Macabre’
Skeletons have been dancing people to their graves since at least 1424. By Bethany Corriveau Gotschall.
-
+20 +1
Ralphie May Dead at 45: Fellow Comedians and More Pay Tribute
Stand-up comic passed Friday morning after suffering cardiac arrest
-
+28 +1
Near Death Experiences Make You a Better Person, Apparently
Not one to try at home. By Laila Tyack.
-
+12 +1
The Sorrow and the Shame of the Accidental Killer
Until 3:35 p.m. on June 15, 1977, Maryann Gray was happy. She was twenty-two, and had just decided to take a leave of absence from Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio, where she was pursuing a master’s degree in clinical psychology. Graduate school had been her mother’s idea, and Gray was unpleasantly surprised by how scientific the program turned out to be. Inside the front cover of her statistics textbook was a squashed bug, which she had circled and labelled “Maryann at the end of Stat.”
-
+18 +1
Sir Bruce Forsyth: TV legend dies aged 89 - BBC News
The former Strictly Come Dancing presenter and performer had been unwell for some time.
-
+7 +1
The Mysterious Power of Near-Death Experiences
“We are all constantly cheating death” is how I usually translated the Creole phrase that my mother had been casually saying for years. By Edwidge Danticat.
-
+25 +1
The Mexican doctor rehydrating the dead
Dr Alejandro Hernández Cárdenas has developed a new technique to help identify corpses. By Irene Caselli. [Disturbing]
-
+2 +1
US photographer captured moment of her death in Afghanistan
The 22-year-old camerawoman and four Afghan soldiers were blown up in July 2013.
-
+10 +1
“I begged him to come home”: Breaking the taboo around texting the dead
Many people text dead loved ones to cope with their grief – but trouble arises when they get an unexpected reply. By Amelia Tait.
-
+19 +1
How to have a better death
IN 1662 a London haberdasher with an eye for numbers published the first quantitative account of death. John Graunt tallied causes such as “the King’s Evil”, a tubercular disease believed to be cured by the monarch’s touch. Others seem uncanny, even poetic. In 1632, 15 Londoners “made away themselves”, 11 died of “grief” and a pair fell to “lethargy”.
-
+3 +1
Worst Ways to Die Are Pretty Weird, and Gruesome
A physicist and a writer wrote a book about the most outlandish and gruesome ways to die, and then fielded questions about it on Reddit. By Mindy Weisberger. (Apr. 10, 2017)
-
+15 +1
Death Is Real: Mount Eerie’s Phil Elverum Copes With Unspeakable Tragedy
A day in the life of the singer-songwriter following the death of his wife, Geneviève. By Jayson Greene.
-
+31 +1
Dan Vickerman: Former Australia lock dies at the age of 37
Former Australia and Northampton lock Dan Vickerman, who won 63 caps, has died at the age of 37.
-
+28 +1
Inside the Creepy Collections of an Oddities Museum
Take a peek (if you dare) at weird wonders from the Morbid Anatomy Museum, which just closed its doors for the last time.
-
+16 +1
Body and Soul
Considering the eternal dance of Eros and Thanatos. By Noga Arikha.
-
+24 +1
Here’s What Happens in Your Brain When Your Life Flashes Before Your Eyes
New research on the psychology of near-death experiences.
-
+7 +1
Why 2016 Seemed Like the Worst Year Ever
Let this past year be a kick in your ass, not a boot on your throat. By Drew Brown.
-
+25 +1
Actor William Christopher, "M*A*S*H" chaplain, dead at 84
William Christopher, who played the unassuming U.S. Army chaplain, Father Mulcahy, struggling to bring spiritual comfort to an anarchic surgical unit during the Korean War on the long-running hit TV series "M*A*S*H," died on Saturday. He was 84.
-
+2 +1
Beloved first dogs of California, Maryland among 2016's final victims
Not even politicians' best friends were spared from 2016's wrath.
Submit a link
Start a discussion