The passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Sept. 8 prompted a slew of stories about what happens next, what Operation London Bridge entails, what events have been postponed, and when King ...

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Some people go quietly into the good night. Others are sent off by dozens of scantily clad, pole-dancing strippers. Tung Hsiang went the latter way. Last month, after the Taiwanese politician passed ...

The average funeral will involve organising a venue, flowers and a eulogy. But one Brit asked to be buried in his favourite wardrobe as part of a growing trend of unusual funeral requests. Undertakers ...

We’re doing death all wrong, says mortician Caitlin Doughty. Doughty argues in her new book, “From Here to Eternity” (WW Norton), that the US funeral industry has become “more expensive, more ...

Sitting at a table, beer, whisky and cigarettes nearby, with nails painted in the colours of her favourite American football team, Miriam Burbank didn’t move much at the funeral. But then again this ...

A final send off is a time for celebration of life, a time to grieve and remember a loved one. But shockingly, things can go wrong and even result in a graveside controversy. A new survey has ...

A bizarre occurrence at a recent funeral, where a casket is seemingly being rolled into the grave, has left Mzansi both astonished and laughing The video showed a funeral setting, with a hoisted ...

Ringo Starr was the man who put the beat in The Beatles. He played beats that remain some of the best ever laid down, and he showed incredible kindness to his bandmates, such as having a genuinely ...