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Star-Studded Farewell for Sargent Shriver

Kennedy in-law honored for life of service

(Newser) - His 19 grandchildren read short remembrances, U2 frontman Bono led mourners in singing "Forever Young" and fond memories and laughter filled a funeral service for R. Sargent Shriver, the 95-year-old statesman laid to rest this weekend. Shriver, who served as the Peace Corps' first director for brother-in-law John Kennedy...

John Roll Remembered as Fair Jurist, Regular Guy

Received death threats after controversial 2008 immigration case

(Newser) - Judge John Roll took tough immigration cases on head-on in his courtroom, but yesterday the slain judge was remembered as a guy who loved walking his beloved basset hounds and was prone to getting lost on the way to McDonald's. "That's always a good thing to hear, that people...

Aging Japan Gets 'Hotel for the Dead'

Nation's funeral industry is booming

(Newser) - Just how big is the funeral industry in Japan, the world's fastest aging nation? Consider a successful new venture near Tokyo called the Liss Center. It's a "business hotel for the dead," its proprietor tells ABC News . Families check in their dearly departed for $88 a night to...

Not Going to Mark Madoff's Funeral: Bernie

Prison rules say dad's ineligible for furlough

(Newser) - Mark Madoff might not have wanted his notorious father at his funeral anyway, but Bernie Madoff will likely be barred from attending, the New York Post reports. The North Carolina prison’s Inmate Handbook says prisoners can have supervised furloughs for immediate family members’ funerals only if they’ve got...

Elizabeth Edwards' Eulogy: No Words 'Good Enough'

Daughter Cate remembers her mom

(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards' funeral took place today at the same Raleigh church where her 16-year-old son Wade was remembered in 1996. "There aren't words that are good enough," said daughter Cate, 28, in her eulogy. "She could bring out the brave in anyone." A small group of...

John Edwards Will Be at Funeral, but Won't Speak

Estranged hubby 'will never forgive himself,' says friend

(Newser) - Elizabeth Edwards’ funeral is tomorrow, and her estranged husband will be there. "Elizabeth would want it this way. She hated what John did but never stopped loving him," a family friend tells PopEater . "She died in the home she built with John, surrounded by loving memories of...

Westboro Church to Protest at Elizabeth Edwards' Funeral

You stay classy, Fred Phelps

(Newser) - America’s least-favorite protest group is at it again. The Westboro Baptist Church will picket the funeral of Elizabeth Edwards, it announced today on its website, the charmingly named godhatesfags.com. The church didn’t elaborate on Edwards' specific transgression, but given that its ultraconservative congregation usually gets its jollies...

Tony Curtis Is Not Alone in His Casket

Actor was buried with gold coins, an iPhone, and a single Percocet tablet

(Newser) - Wherever Tony Curtis ends up after his death, he will have some gold coins, sketchbooks, and a DVD of film clips to keep him busy. Curtis was buried yesterday with plenty of celebrities (including daughter Jamie Lee and Arnold Schwarzenegger, both of whom gave spirited eulogies) in attendance, and his...

New Orleans Buries Katrina &mdash;Literally
 New Orleans 
 Buries Katrina 
 —Literally 
FIFTH ANNIVERSARY
Aug 29, 2010 7:44 AM CDT

New Orleans Buries Katrina —Literally

The message: 'Goodbye bitch!'

(Newser) - Five years after Hurricane Katrina changed the face of New Orleans forever, residents of St. Bernard Parish yesterday put her to rest with a mock funeral. Parishioners filed past an empty casket, dropping in notes, reports the Times-Picayune . "Goodbye bitch," read the note from the former parish president....

Death Magazine Launches
 Death Magazine Launches 
Aug 3, 2010 10:26 AM CDT

Death Magazine Launches

Monthly plans to focus on mortality issues

(Newser) - Ever wonder why there are so many magazines about weddings but none about funerals? After two sudden deaths claimed members of his family, a creative director at a British communications company did, so he decided to start one. Eulogy, Jim Thornton's newly launched monthly magazine, deals with funerals, end-of-life care,...

Fans Honor Michael Jackson
 Fans Honor Michael Jackson 
Jun 25, 2010 5:16 PM CDT

Fans Honor Michael Jackson

Hundreds gather in California, Indiana, Japan, New York

(Newser) - Michael Jackson fans around the world honored the singer today on the first anniversary of his death, the AP reports. About 500 fans gathered at Jackson's mausoleum outside LA for a calm but emotional tribute to the King of Pop. "He's been my idol all my life since I...

Nicholson Mourns 'Soulmate' Hopper
 Nicholson Mourns 
 'Soulmate' Hopper 
memorial service
Jun 3, 2010 5:15 AM CDT

Nicholson Mourns 'Soulmate' Hopper

Friends, family, and locals attend memorial Mass

(Newser) - Mourners including Jack Nicholson and Val Kilmer remembered Dennis Hopper yesterday at his memorial Mass. The actor was laid to rest in New Mexico, where he first went in 1969 while scouting locations for Easy Rider and lived for 12 years. Nicholson, who acted alongside Hopper in Easy Rider, called...

Lynn Redgrave Laid to Rest in NY

Actress buried in same cemetery as mother, Natasha Richardson

(Newser) - Friends and family said final goodbyes to Lynn Redgrave yesterday and laid the 67-year-old actress to rest near her mother amid the rolling hills of upstate New York. The star of Georgy Girl died Sunday at her home in Kent, Conn., surrounded by her children. She had been diagnosed with...

Obama Leads Last Salute to Dorothy Height

Funeral for civil rights leader attracts president, congress

(Newser) - President Obama spoke at Dorothy Height's funeral today, calling on Americans to honor the memory of the late civil rights leader by serving their country and making it better. "We can all be drum majors for a righteous cause," the president declared. He said she'd lived a righteous...

Obama Cancels Poland Trip Over Volcano

President was supposed to attend Kaczysnki's funeral

(Newser) - Not even Air Force One can brave the volcano. President Obama has scrapped plans to fly to Poland for the funeral of President Lech Kaczynski. He was supposed to leave tonight for tomorrow's services, but the ever-growing ash cloud from the volcano in Iceland has made travel impossible.

O'Reilly: I'll Pay Legal Bill for Dead Marine's Dad

Court ordered man to foot protesters' costs

(Newser) - Bill O’Reilly is opening his checkbook for the father of a Marine killed in Iraq after a court ordered him to pay the legal fees of protesters he’d sued for picketing his son’s 2006 funeral. “That is an outrage,” the Fox host said yesterday of...

Toronto Will Pay for Corey Haim's Funeral

Actor's mom says his hometown will foot the bill

(Newser) - His hometown of Toronto will pay for Corey Haim's funeral, according to the actor's mother. In addition, a memorabilia website that has bought up some of Haim's possessions tells Access Hollywood it will chip in to help his cash-strapped family buy a tombstone and cover other expenses. The 38-year-old's funeral...

Georgians Mourn Olympic Luger

Hometown hails promising athlete with funeral feast today

(Newser) - A nation that had hoped to watch one of its most promising young athletes compete in the Olympics gathered instead today to mourn luger Nodar Kumaritashvili. Thousands flocked to his family's home for a traditional funeral feast. Inside, the body lay in a coffin, surrounded by Orthodox Christian icons and...

One Thing Back on Track in Haiti: Mourning

Along with dead, Haitians mourn loss of knowledge, culture, competency

(Newser) - As the shock over the inconceivable 230,000 lost in the Haitian earthquake begins to subside, survivors have begun to shift to mourning individuals—from teachers to tax collectors, schoolchildren to elderly priests, brothers to sons. As the New York Times reports, the police chief whose daughters died on the...

S. Koreans Play Dead at 'Coffin Academy'
 S. Koreans 
 Play Dead at 
 'Coffin Academy' 
FOR ONLY $25
Jan 4, 2010 10:43 AM CST

S. Koreans Play Dead at 'Coffin Academy'

Self-help tactic controversial in country with high suicide rate

(Newser) - At the Coffin Academy, South Koreans pay $25 each to write their own tombstone epitaphs, bid loved ones goodbye, then climb into caskets in a candlelit chapel and play dead for 10 minutes. The entrepreneurs who guide this death simulation say it motivates people to improve their lives; critics counter...

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