Funeral
The life-sized way New Orleans honors its dead
A local print shop provides a key element of NOLA's traditional celebratory jazz funerals
Love Beyond Death: Toraja's Unique Funeral Rites
This Indonesian ethnic group cares for the dead like they would living relatives, offering them food, clothing, water and cigarettes.
How I Got Out of Bed the Day After My Mother's Funeral
"The morning after the hardest day of my life, the day I buried my mother, I learned a sobering truth: People go on with their lives."
Morticians Explain How People Choose Their Last Outfits
From a simple shroud to Aretha Franklin's multiple costume changes, here's how to pick the clothes you'd literally be caught dead in.
What Does a Metalhead Wear to a Funeral?
Sometimes an all-black wardrobe is more of a curse than a blessing (plus new tunes from Blackrat, High Cost, Dropdead, and more).
Inside the World of Designer Coffins
Specialized coffin designers reflect a desire for more personal touches in the afterlife.
Inside the World of Designer Coffins
Specialized coffin designers reflect a desire for more personal touches in the afterlife.
Inside the World of Designer Coffins
Specialized coffin designers reflect a desire for more personal touches in the afterlife.
Funeral Companies are Losing Millions Because Not Enough People are Dying
Several thousand less people seem to have died this year because of a powerful flu vaccine.
The Funeral Industry is Struggling to Cater for Overweight Australians
Undertakers are having to make heavier coffins and wider graves in order to accommodate their girthier clients.
Selfies, Family Reunions, and Corpses Standing Upright: Inside Toraja's Surprising Relationship With Death
In Toraja, letting go is the hardest part.
Watch the Live Stream from Aretha Franklin's Funeral
Bill Clinton, Stevie Wonder, and Ariana Grande will all pay tribute to the "Queen of Soul," who died earlier this month.