Death and dying

A funeral was held Wednesday for the pop singer who died in Buenos Aires at the age of 31.

State regulators have ordered a Texas medical school to immediately halt its practice of liquefying bodies after using them for training and research.

Simon Cowell is mourning the loss of Liam Payne. The 65-year-old, who has a long history with Liam having played a role in the creation of One Direction, took to Instagram to pay tribute to the late singer.

Simon Cowell mourned the loss of Liam Payne, whose rise to fame on “The X Factor” Cowell helped orchestrate.

Louis Tomlinson is mourning the loss of his former One Direction bandmate.

Police in Peru say they have found the body of an American mountaineer who was buried by an avalanche 22 years ago as he tried to climb one of the highest peaks in the Andes. Police say they found the body of William Stampfl on Friday near a camp 5200 meters (17,060 feet) above sea level. The 58-year-old Stampfl had...

Georgie Campbell, a British event rider, died after falling from her horse during a competition at the Bicton International Horse Trials on May 26.

Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors, has died at age 92.

A Florida-based charity champions a novel approach to turning the death of a loved one into a life-sustaining memorial.

When Kailey Newkirk’s mother passed away unexpectedly, her family was at a loss at how she would want to be memorialized. But her mother’s final Facebook post pointed them to a surprising trend in funeral services: coral reef memorials. “It made so much sense that she would want to support marine life habitat when she passed,” Newkirk says. “Mostly because...

The Delaware Senate has given final approval to a bill allowing the composting of human bodies as an alternative to burial or cremation.

Craig Roh, a former college football standout at the University of Michigan, died of colon cancer at age 33.

The U.S. has no federal bereavement leave policy, but workers in mourning still have options. Here’s what they should know.

Every year, more than 350,000 people have a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital. Few survive. While many people who have been resuscitated have no memories of the experience, a recent study suggests others recall something, whether it’s a vague sense that people are around them, or more specific dreamlike awareness. 

A woman who escaped a wildfire that destroyed the Hawaii community by running through a burning field has died after more than seven weeks in a hospital burn unit.

Death is a certainty – one that no one can escape. But for many in modern America, it’s a taboo topic, one far removed from our everyday lives until we’re faced head-on with loss. Take a peek behind the curtain as we explore our relationship with death, meet the people who help us navigate the end of life, and...

The next generation of morticians are female and younger.

Women are retaking the field of funeral services. Once in the minority, they now make up the majority of mortuary students.

Death. It’s generally a topic that most people don’t like to discuss, but talking about it can help both the dying and their families.

“Aren’t you scared?” 24-year-old Jasmine Berrios gets a lot of questions about her work as a funeral director and embalmer– her answers may surprise you.