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Tons Of Celebrities Showed Up For Joan Rivers' NYC Funeral
Joan Rivers once joked that she wanted her funeral to be a "huge showbiz affair with lights, camera, action" complete with "paparazzi and publicists making a scene." At the comedy legend's funeral...
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Read The Humorous Eulogy Melissa Rivers Gave At Joan Rivers' Funeral
It may have been a sad day, but Joan Rivers' star-studded funeral on Sunday was also full of laughs thanks to a raunchy eulogy by Howard Stern and a light-hearted letter from daughter, Melissa...
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Emotional Photos Show Fellow Officers Honoring A Fallen NYPD Cop
The middle-class Queens neighborhood of Glendale was transformed Saturday by the funeral for the NYPD officer assassinated the week before.Thousands of officers swarmed the streets to honor Officer...
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This 'NYPD Funeral' Photo That's Going Viral On Twitter Is Not From This Weekend
On Saturday, thousands of men and women in uniform paid their respects at the funeral of Officer Rafael Ramos, one of the two officers who were killed in Brooklyn on December 20th.Photos of the...
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Here's How To Pay Less For A Funeral, Gathered From 7 Years Working Alongside...
The loss of a family member can be too much for some people to bear, but learning how much a funeral can cost is enough to send many over the edge.I've seen it too many times to count.My husband has...
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The Co-op's revenue was hit because fewer Britons died last year
The Co-operative Group is attempting to "rescue, rebuild, renew" itself after a range of personnel scandals and financial issues dogged the company over the last two years.The company, which is the...
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Gangs threaten to 'take out' Baltimore police as funeral held for man who...
BALTIMORE (Reuters) - The Baltimore Police Department on Monday reported receiving a "credible threat" that several gangs were planning to try to "take out" law enforcement officers, the same day of a...
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Why we now cremate half of our dead in the US
A half-century ago, nearly everyone who died in the U.S. was buried. Only about 4 percent were cremated. Now, we cremate half our dead. The map above shows cremation rates by state and animates over...
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Here's where your dead body is more likely to be cremated than buried
Someone who dies in Mississippi this year is far more likely to be buried than someone who dies in Oregon.We looked at data from the National Funeral Directors Association's 2015 projections for burial...
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People are turning their deceased loved ones' remains into jewelry — and it's...
Dying is expensive. The average cost of a funeral with burial and headstone ranges from $7,000 to $10,000. But a less costly alternative to this traditional practice has been gaining popularity in...
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12 creative caskets that puts the 'fun' in funeral
For some eccentric souls, traditional caskets and cremation urns just won’t do. Luckily, for those looking to leave this world on a more outlandish note, there are options out there to help fulfill...
View ArticleWe can't stop watching President Obama launch into 'Amazing Grace' at...
President Obama eulogizes Rev. Clementa Pinckney with his own rendition of "Amazing Grace."Produced by Emma Fierberg. Video courtesy of the White House.Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation...
View ArticleSouth Koreans are climbing into coffins and holding 'mock funerals' to better...
In order to appreciate life and cope with stress, South Korean companies are offering "death experiences" where you lay in a coffin, write out your will, and imagine what it's like to die, the...
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A 'recession-proof' industry is suddenly in trouble
After 40 years of working in Williamsburg, Keith Senko thought he’d heard and seen it all.He grew up in the family business, Senko Funeral Home, founded in 1928 on Bedford Avenue.He’d seen the...
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Today's funerals have a go-to drink, custom napkins — and a quick visit to...
Professional stylists and former wedding planners, the women of Going Out In Style, have now turned to the funeral business.Their services cover all aspects of the event, and they encourage clients to...
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The husband of an El Paso shooting victim says he has no other family, so...
Antonio Basco, who was married to a victim of the mass shooting at an El Paso Walmart, said he has no other family after losing his wife. So, he invited the community to join him at her funeral.Antonio...
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Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna had a private funeral in Orange County...
Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were buried in a private funeral service on Friday, according to reports.Citing Kobe Bryant's death certificate, the local Fox affiliate KTTV and Entertainment...
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New York City hospitals are running out of room in their morgues, but the...
The global fatality rate of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus has doubled over the past 2 months.New York City is now an epicenter of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus, with more than...
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New York City will bury unclaimed bodies on a remote island after 14 days...
The coronavirus pandemic is killing hundreds of people in New York City each day. To accommodate the dead before families claim them, the city's medical examiner expanded temporary refrigerated storage...
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For $595, a company will transform a dead person or pet into smooth 'parting...
Summary List PlacementThe coronavirus has killed more than 210,000 people in the US, bringing with it a surge in cremations to alleviate crushing demand on a funeral industry unprepared for a deadly...
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