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Say it on the Huffington Post
OBIT-WORTHY: VETS GET THE SHORT STICK By Nicolaus Mills These days you have you have to be a person of accomplishment to get your obituary featured ...
After death, check out the Obituary page. You may find you have more posthumous friends than you had when you were running around down here.
Jerry was the opposite of all that has befallen us of late: brave in the best sense, and a caring man who lived by his principles; a progressive whom fame and fortune did not make indifferent to the deprivations that others suffered.
Talk about anti-incumbent passion. James L. Srch used his obituary to get in one last protest against the re-election of Senate Majority Leader Harry ...
Legendary homicide detective Lou Smit, age 75, passed away last week in Colorado after a battle with cancer. One of Smit's most famous (and as-yet unsolved) investigations was the JonBenet Ramsey case.
Aunt Marcie's church taught my mother that the Great Command to "love you neighbor as yourself" was the core of of both American democracy and the Christian faith. My mother took it all very seriously. Not only did she endlessly give things away but stood up for social justice.
Pretty Woman, Dirty Dancing, and countless others are part of Steve Reuther's legacy that landed deep in the culture. But the film he was most proud of was a small film called Pay It Forward.
Given my profession and some unlucky life turns, I've had more occasion than my typical reader to mourn beautiful people close to me, or--more often--...
it is time for respect. It is time to raise the fist and light the lighter and, of course, make the sign. Oh, the sign. It is formidable indeed. It is the thing that will last forever. It has the power.
On Monday, April 26, 2010, thousands of celebrants walked through mournful rain to what could only be called a joyful Happening.
I read the obituaries because I know we lose a lot of good people, and I just like to check and make sure that we are also losing some of the evil folk, too.
Those in the marijuana movement have Jack Herer, in more than part, to thank, not only for their ferocity, but for their existence and subsequent successes.
I liked to say I had the coolest chiropractor in Los Angeles. A bass guitarist still active in his 60s, John Ciambotti played on hit records with Elvis Costello, Lucinda Williams, and Huey Lewis.
Fess Parker will always be Davy Crockett to me. The American pioneer, trailblazer and hero of the Alamo as played by one of early television's stars.
Mark Linkous, singer and songwriter with indie band Sparklehorse, shot himself through the heart on March 6. He was 47.
Funerals provide closure, a necessary part of the mourning process. But the subject of death is difficult for many, and we are often at a loss for what to say. Here are tips to help you along the way.
