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50 Shades Of Planning

Whip your plan into shape with these tips. The overwhelming success of 50 Shades of Grey, both the book and record-...

How 8 Popular TV Shows Confronted Death

The show must go on, just keep some tissues handy. We’ve come to expect TV shows to kill off characters. From cop shows to...

20 Slightly Offbeat Valentine’s Day Gifts

Perfect things for that special someone with a morbid or sassy sense of humor. This Valentine’s Day, you could go the...

8 Things You Shouldn’t Buy Before A Storm Hits

Shopping before a big storm hits is sort of like shopping when you're hungry. Mistakes are often made. When the news breaks...

35 Movie Solutions For All Your Health Care Concerns

Worried about your family’s ongoing coverage? Your access to specialty care? Experimental treatments? Luckily, these 35...

2014 Recap: 15 Stories We Ran You May Have

Finally, an end-of-year list that has nothing to do with Ebola. It’s been an eventful year so take some time to reflect with...

Hawaii Five-0 Lets Carol Burnett Live

A recent episode of Hawaii Five-0 went beyond the call of planning duty and covered all of these things: Life Insurance...

Message Of Love Transforms Game of Thrones Billboard

We came across this clever alteration of a Game of Thrones' billboard in a New York City subway station. Rather than...

Nurses Have Feelings Too, And A Good Sense Of Humor

Caregiving can be a difficult and sometimes thankless job. You're juggling a number of patients and they're all in...

Actress Tilda Swinton Isn't Afraid Of Death Or Vampires

Source: Michael Clayton, Warner Home Video While promoting her new vampire flick Only Lovers Left Alive actress Tilda...

Widow Fined For Toasting Late Husband...On His Grave

Drinking and cemeteries don't mix. At least not in France, according to this story on The Huffington Post. A 61-year-old...

Warning: Don't Swallow This Hanger

Now for a very important public safety announcement: Do not swallow a hanger! Luckily Indianapolis-based Morellis Cleaners...

Talking To Parents About Death Can Be Frustrating

New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast captures the frustration most people feel when trying to talk about death with their parents...

Reason #245 For An Everplan: You’re A Snake Handler

However you honor your faith or religion is fine by us. We’re not here to judge. We’re here to make sure you plan. So, if...

Storage Wars Almost Got Really, Really Interesting

Most episodes of A&E’s Storage Wars are pretty much the same. A bunch of sassy characters bid and overpay for storage...

First Funeral Selfies. Now Corpse Selfies. Please Stop!

#CorpseSelfie Tasteless, right? For those unfamiliar with what I just posted above, that’s a hashtag used on sites like...

Modern Family Parents Don't Plan For Future; Love Mojitos

On ABC's hit TV show Modern Family, Claire and Phil Dunphy (Julie Bowden and Ty Burrell) take their daughter Haley (Sarah...

Terminally Ill Have Permission to Die In New Mexico

If you’re a proponent for ending your life in the event of a terminal illness, the Breaking Bad state has some good news. A...

Carol Burnett Faces Terminal Diagnosis On Hawaii Five-0

Legendary actress/comedienne Carol Burnett made a guest appearance on a very special (and sad) Thanksgiving episode of CBS...

Shark Tank’s Mr. Wonderful Loves When People Die

Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary is the resident sourpuss on ABC’s Shark Tank, a show where rich successful business people...

The 7 Sexiest Life Insurance Policies Ever

Have you ever looked at a life insurance policy and thought "va-va-va-voom!" Us too, which is why we compiled the most...

If You Have An Alligator In Your Backyard, Don't Feed It!

Most people in America don't have alligators in their backyard. If you live in the south, particularly Florida, it's not...

Deal Or No Deal Model Can’t Find Late Husband’s Will.

Former Deal Or No Deal model Katie Cleary might get nothing from her late husband’s estate unless she finds an updated copy...

The 20 Most Upbeat Songs About Death

Just because the subject matter is sad doesn’t mean you shouldn’t be able to rock out to it. Death has been a staple in art...

What Won’t You Regret On Your Deathbed?

A palliative care nurse recently wrote a list of the top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed. It became really popular....

Casey Kasem Passes; Preceded By Family Drama

Kerri Kasem protesting on October 1, 2013 after being denied contact with her father by her stepmom Jean Kasem. A court...

Open Letter To Game Of Thrones Creator George R.R. Martin

Dear Mr. Martin, Now that another exhilarating season of Game of Thrones is wrapping up, we are all turning our attention to...

Chilling But Effective NYC Organ Donation Advertisement

It's not often you see an ad with a corpse wearing a toe tag leaning up against a wall, but then again, New York City isn't...

The 10 Biggest Inheritances Ever Left to Pets

Like the old saying goes, you can’t choose your family. But if you’re an animal your family can sure as heck choose you,...

6 Really Cool Alternate Uses For Caskets and Coffins

With so much craftsmanship on display with your average coffin or casket, it’s almost a shame to bury them in the earth for...

Coffin Full Of Weapons Found In Florida Woods

Source: Volusia County Sheriff's Office Someone in Florida right now is probably wondering, "Where did I put that...

Auto-Payments Don't Stop Just Because You're Dead

Automatic payments make life so much easier. As long as you keep money in your bank account and pay the credit card...

How Funerals Are Handled In Comic Books

There’s no such thing as a simple goodbye for superheroes… Recently, Marvel announced they’re killing off one of their most...

New York Nursing Home Goes All Magic Mike

Channing Tatum, seen here in Magic Mike, probably wouldn't garner many complaints if he danced at a nursing home.Source...

Rich Guy Buries Million Dollar Bentley To Prove Point

One of the richest and most powerful men in Brazil, Thane Chiquinho Scarpa, made waves when he announced plans to bury his...

Duck Dynasty Family Makes a Will and Deer Jerky

The Robertson Family of A&E’s breakout reality TV hit Duck Dynasty might be afraid of soap and shaving cream but they’...

A Comic About Advance Directives; Almost Funny

It's not often cartoon artists mine for humor in the world of advance directives, but when they do, you better believe we're...

George Saunders' Advice to Graduates

George Saunders, a writer best known for his excellent short stories, delivered the 2013 commencement speech at Syracuse...

JayWake: One Man’s Celebration of His Life

“You are invited to my pre-mortem wake and roast, a somewhat morbid, deeply irreverent, but joyous celebration of me. This...

Death Happens More Slowly Than Thought

What if cellular death doesn't happen all at once, with an organism's cells dying simultaneously, but rather in a wave,...

Creative Ideas for Decorating Headstones

When a person is buried in a cemetery, the family will often visit the gravesite to pay tribute to the person who died. In...

If You Died Today, Would You Die Happy?

“How would you define a ‘successful’ life? Have you achieved it? Does ‘success’ even matter?” This was a question posed on...

The Mushroom Death Suit

Burial or cremation? For centuries, these have been the only two options for what to do with your body when you die. But now...

What People Wear to a Funeral...on Instagram

We know that deciding what to wear to a funeral can be a challenge. To help you figure out what to wear to a funeral or...

Planning by the Numbers

How much planning have you done? How does it compare to the amount of planning done on average in this country? via...

The History of Mother's Day

This Sunday, as is tradition in the United States on the second Sunday in May, children will celebrate their mothers with...

How We Die

How did humans die in the 20th century? The folks over at Information is Beautiful asked this question, and answered it with...

How Doctors Die, Redux

Last month we brought you a story via BoingBoing that asked if doctors die differently than the rest of us. (The answer, in...

Loved to Death

The folks over at iMortuary put together this Valentine's Day infographic, featuring some truly odd facts and stories of...

A Reclusive Heiress, $300 Million, and a Contested Will

The story we're talking about today is fascinating, entertaining, and very complicated. So complicated, in fact, that we're...

Burger King Funeral

After David S. Kime Jr.'s funeral, as his family and friends made their way to the cemetery, they made a pit stop in Kime's...

How Doctors Die

Do doctors die differently than the rest of us? Maybe. Yesterday over at BoingBoing, editor Xeni Jardin shared an essay...

#Eulogy

In today's McSweeney's Internet Tendency (a daily humor site) there's a short piece by Camille Campbell called #Eulogy. It's...

The Final Word on Your Life: Writing Your Own Obituary

Jane Lotter was a writer, mother, wife, and long-time Seattle resident. She died of uterine cancer last month at age 60,...

Rihanna's $150,000 Funeral Lawsuit

This morning, TMZ.com released a story about two things that rarely get mentioned in the same sentence: Rihanna and...

Walter White Sets Up Irrevocable Trust

You don’t need to be a meth manufacturing mastermind and threaten former business associates with assassination to set up a...

A Tanning Bed Shaped Like A Coffin

Argentinian artist, Luciano Podcaminski, attempted to bring awareness to the dangers of the tanning bed with his creation “...

Grey's Anatomy Health Care Proxy Dilemma

Steamiest health care proxy dilemma ever? When last season of Grey’s Anatomy ended Seattle Grace Hospital was hit by a...

Happy BIRTHday To Me...

At my birthday dinner last night, I was reminded by my (older) friend that at 29, I should realize how I’m “getting up...

This Outfit Is To Die For...and In

Photo: Pia Interlandi Although I’m completely ok with pre-arranging my own funeral, there is one decision I...

Who Wants To Smell Like A Funeral Home?

Now you can with the Demeter Funeral Home perfume. I’m not kidding. This is real. When I worked in a funeral home, I used to...

Google Wants To End Death

A new Time magazine cover story ask a really cool question: “Can Google Solve Death?” The answer: No. Google can’t solve...

Would You Want Your Ashes Fed To Your Dog? This Woman Does.

"You want me to eat what?!?!?" Photo Source: Photographer Shawn Inglima, New York Daily News In a Daily News...

A Known Response to an Anonymous Funeral Rant

Photo Source: Mortician Salary An anonymous funeral director went on a very public rant about the flaws of his...

Parting Shots: Are Mean Obituaries and Eulogies Fair?

In a courtroom, one is compelled by law to tell “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” Does this same moral...

The Ultimate End-of-Life Plan

Author Katy Butler’s new book, “Knocking on Heaven's Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death,” which chronicles her mother’s...

Are You Ready For Some FOOTBALLL Funerals?

Football season is coming to an end. If you’re a dedicated fan like me you’re a bit sad knowing there won't be anymore games...

Disco Saves Lives

When someone has a "cardiac event"—that is, if someone suddenly passes out and their heart stops—calling 911 and...

The 2013 Top 10 College Football Rankings...With Caskets!

What do the most die-hard college football fanatics do when they, um, die? Keep the school spirit going for eternity by...

New Yorker Cartoons About Death

The dry wit of New Yorker cartoons takes on the toughest topic of all: death. We picked out some of our favorites. Check...

Coimetrophobia, or Fear of Cemeteries

Coimetrophobia is the official term for a fear of cemeteries. This word doesn’t describe those who have a mere dislike of...

Putting the "Fun" in Funeral

We're very interested in the idea of highly personalized funeral and memorial services, which is why this story caught our...