Funerals

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The unusual discovery was found dumped on a patch of grass with a note that said: "bulky item pickup."

"I did tell my husband that I expect him to stay home and not go," said the woman expecting her husband to miss the funeral.

Josh Siegel reveals how his company got an unexpected cameo in one of Taylor Swift's music videos.

"It's a weird little power play," one internet commenter said of the unwelcome guest.

"Leaving his pregnant [and] grieving wife with a small child [because] he doesn't want to miss work?" one commenter questioned. "Is he trying to cure cancer?"

As the queen was taken through London streets on a gun carriage, the Imperial State Crown, which contains the diamond, rested on a velvet cushion on her coffin.

Members of biker groups reportedly demanded that journalists "stay on the sidewalk" as mourners paid their respects to 10-year-old Eliahana Torres on Thursday.

In footage shared on social media, the body of slain rapper Goonew, real name Markelle Morrow, is seen propped up on a nightclub stage ahead of his burial.

Some people come every day to visit during the 60-day process. There is a man who comes with two cups of coffee; one for himself and one for his partner.

Eva María asked as a last wish that instead of bringing her flowers, people would bring food for the animals.

Some bodies were not being "stored in a temperature-controlled location" and were kept in close proximity to everyday household items and furniture, police said.

The Gun Violence Archive has revealed 104 people aged 18 and under were fatally gunned down in Chicago between January 1 to November 24, 2021.

"This is possibly the worst and most horrific way he could have possibly broken the news to you," noted one commenter.

One person described the obituary as a "beautiful tribute" while another commented "this made me cry so much."

An attorney said the business owner turned to alcohol during a stressful year that included a divorce and his sister going through cancer treatment.

The condo board has about $48 million in insurance coverage, while the property is valued at $30 million to $50 million.

Open-air cremation has all but disappeared from the modern-day United States.

A big part of what I do is helping people to have more open, honest conversations around death. Death is often something we don't give people enough space to talk about, and I feel it's really important that we change that.

My client told me that he wanted me to crash his funeral and that he would pay me $7,300 to do exactly what he asked. I had to out the best friend for trying to sleep with the deceased's wife.

Arizona's Maricopa County has seen a large increase in deaths in June and July, county officials confirmed.

In our community people are longing for a return of what they see as normal. But I'm not sure we will ever see normal again. I think this pandemic will change a lot of how our lives look like, and we may see a permanent change in funerals.

Additional memorial services will be held in New York City, Raeford in North Carolina and Houston.

"Funerals, as we know them, cannot go on," insisted the CEO of the U.K. funeral advocacy group The Good Funeral Guide.

A webinar by a team affiliated with the National Home Funeral Alliance advised that during the pandemic every death should be treated as coronavirus-related.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said people should follow social distancing advice and limit how many people attend funerals during the coronavirus pandemic.

A South African family resorted to desperate measures when they brought a deceased family member's body to the insurance offices of Old Mutual who, up until that point, had delayed policy payment.

"Living funerals" have apparently become an increasingly popular way to get a "fresh start" on life for many South Koreans.

When Latonia Stewart was arrested leaving the home of a deceased person, police found jewelry in plain sight and an obituary saved on her phone.

Nine pupils and one teacher were killed by a gunman in the school's halls Friday/