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First List of Deceased from Virginia Tech Massacre Published Posted: 1 year ago by indierockcafe
Here is the first official list of names of the deceased. The list will be updated throughout the day. Officials will not release names of any victims until next of kin are notified and positively identify the body of their fallen loved one.
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UK Crematoriums building bigger furnaces to handle customers who are "obese and deceased" Posted: 1 year ago by BrownTrout
Crematoriums are struggling to deal with spiralling numbers of stouter clients as the UK's obesity crisis grows. To combat the problem, many councils are widening their furnaces and coffins.
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Strange burial customs of the world Posted: 1 year ago by BrownTrout
From primitive cultures to modern man, there have always been different views of what is an appropriate method for "disposing" of the deceased. Some of these customs seem incredibly bizarre to us but were quite normal to those who practiced them.
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Dressed up dead fawn left near theater Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
The police log entry said it all: "Deceased fawn was dressed up like an infant and abandoned at the Pantages" Theater. Why would anyone dress up a dead newborn deer, lay it in a basket and leave it outside an ornate downtown landmark?
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Role Playing Character Mortuary Posted: 3 months ago by donteatpoop
Where characters go when they die.
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Turn your loved one into a diamond Posted: 1 year ago by readingitall
True love and diamonds are supposed to last forever, and now a company is making diamonds out of loved ones.
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William F. Buckley Has Died Posted: 6 months ago by MandolinOrange
His assistant Linda Bridges says Buckley died Wednesday morning at his home in Stamford, Conn. She says he had been ill with emphysema and was found dead by his cook.
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R.I.P. Charles Nelson Reilly Posted: 1 year ago by kxmk
The legend of 70's television game shows moves on to the big Match Game in the sky.
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A Family Undertaking - Gone But Not Forgotten Posted: 3 months ago by doggylives
Gallery of postmortem photo's from the 19th century. During this period of postmortem photography, few attempts to mask the signs of death were made. Many portraits portrayed the physicality of death in a very frank manner.
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Britain's Strangest Epitaphs Posted: 11 months ago by TheStep
If a someone dies, you'd expect a heartfelt "in memoriam" on their gravestone, not an advert for the doctors who gave the deceased surgery.
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Psychologist Killed In UES Meat Cleaver Attack Posted: 6 months ago by dollyllama
The NYPD said it is looking for a suspect described as a middle aged, blonde haired male, and is believed to be a patient of the deceased therapist. Police believe the suspect escaped through a basement exit into an alley after the attack.
*Not to split hairs, but wouldn't that be ex-patient?
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NY considers creating 'organ-removal' ambulance Posted: 3 months ago by lpoindexter
Saving the living has always been the No. 1 priority for a New York City ambulance crew. But a select group of paramedics may soon have a different task altogether: saving the dead. The city is considering creating a special ambulance whose crew would rush to collect the newly deceased and preserve the body so that the organs might be taken for transplant.
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Update: James Kim found deceased Posted: 2 years ago by jaxomlotus
Searchers found the body of James Kim 11 days after his family went missing in Oregon. His wife and daughters were found safe 2 days ago and have been released from the hospital
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Coroner Accused Of Cruelty To Guinea Pigs Posted: 1 year ago by deepchill
"Kirchner said he thinks the charges stem from an occasion when a couple stopped by to get two guinea pigs. He said they might have made a complaint after they saw an adult rodent eating a deceased newborn."
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Citizens Upset Over Abandoned Graveyard Posted: 2 months ago by princess2408
Hilltop Cemetery, a historic cemetery in Central Florida hasn't been maintained and because of that has cracked and sunken graves and visible human bones and skulls of the deceased are visible.
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Myspace's graveyard Posted: 4 months ago by eelem
Scan through thousands of myspace pages of the recently deceased, either by name, most recent or by the convenient map provided. Find out the cause of death and the personal history of each individual.
You can also submit a death. I've done 3.
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Recently Lost Your Pet? Turn Him Into A Pillow Posted: 11 months ago by 2manyusernames
A taxidermist from Nevada wants to turn recently deceased pets into "soft, huggable" cushions as an "alternative way to remember your pet". Each cushion will feature the pet's skin on one side, with the other made from a choice of materials.
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Plaster casts from Pompeii Posted: 1 year ago by hypnotode
The volcanic ash lithified before corpses of people and animals decayed so that a good mold of the deceased remained. Sad. Inspired by AutumnLotus's post earlier.
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Catholics call time on long-winded eulogies Posted: 1 year ago by Bornbad
On not a few occasions, inappropriate remarks glossing over the deceased's proclivities (drinking prowess, romantic conquests etc) or about the Church (attacking its moral teachings) have been made at funeral masses.
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MIA no more: wife, sister react differently to proof of death Posted: 2 years ago by hypnotode
Long but interesting article. Wife of newly identified, deceased pilot from Vietnam war wants a funeral; his sister believes his death is unexplained.
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