Death & Dying
Photography Show Announcement
Ed Snyder is having a show of his photography at St. Asaph Gallery, Feb. 17 – Mar. 16 2008.
Study: Better Treatment Likely The Cause for Decline in Heart Attack Deaths
In a six year study lead by Dr. Keith Fox, a cardiology professor at the University of Edinburgh, researchers found that deaths from heart attacks have fallen sharply. The trends parallel the growing use of cholesterol-lowering drugs, blood thinners, and angioplasty, the procedure that opens clogged arteries.
Human Ashes Used to Grit Path
Here’s a case for the bizarre. Workers at a Co-op funeral home mixed the remains of cremation ashes with grit and scattered them on a disabled ramp outside to prevent customers from slipping on during wintery conditions, reports Sunday Mail.
Anna Nicole Smith To Be Buried in the Bahamas
It’s been settled. With all the craze this week, it has finally been decided that Anna Nicole Smith will be buried beside her son, Daniel, at Lakeview Memorial Gardens and Mausoleums in the Bahamas.
Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 3
This article is part 3 in the three part series on Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism that covers the mourning dove, roadside memorials, urns, and other symbols of death.
Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 2
This article is part 2 in the three part series on Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism that covers wolf tables, cemetery gates, and mourning women.
Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism – Part 1
This article is part 1 in the three part series on Death Depicted in Cemetery Symbolism. It covers father time, the hourglass, human bones, and weeping willow trees.
Spoon River Anthology
The author of this poetic odyssey, Edgar Lee Masters (1869-1950), was an enormously prolific American writer and poet. He is known mainly for Spoon River, his most popular work.
