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April 26, 2012

Goodbye

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh

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April 17, 2012

Fed-ex to the grave

Fedex Funeral Hong Kong from David Alberts on Vimeo.

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April 15, 2012

Millions attended Whitney Houston's funeral and listened to "I will always love you" as her body left the local church. After Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros was killed covering a Libyan uprising, thousands attended his memorial service. The majority of the audience at each of these funerals attended them virtually.

While very new to Ireland, streaming funerals live around the globe could...

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April 02, 2012

An end of life wish between friends

Nachu Bhatnagar and Colton met at a summer camp in Yale.

18-year-old high school seniors, Nachu lives in Maryland, and Colton lives in California.

Nachu was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma - a bone cancer and treatment was unsuccessful.

Instead of talking college applications, these friends were discussing end of life plans.When asked what he wanted for his birthday Nachu told Colton he wanted to...

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March 20, 2012

Death in Ireland

Once upon a time in Ireland..........the story goes that once someone passed away, a window was opened to allow the spirit of the deceased to leave the house.

Storytelling is very much a part of old Ireland and death in fairytales are intermittently linked. According to these tales no-one must stand or block the path to the window as this may prevent the spirit from leaving and bring misfortune to...

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March 16, 2012

Happy Paddy's Weekend

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March 05, 2012

Public Funerals Case: Mandela

Unfortunately, the death of Mandela is going to be one of the biggest things to have ever happened to the world in the last couple of decades.

Sure, we have had both celebrity and political figures pass away and massive funeral coverage as a result but Mandela is a world-renowned figure.

Mandela's high profile will mean massively sought-after coverage of his final days.

However, there must be a...

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