The Vatican has decided that a sculpture of a crucified frog holding an egg and a beer mug, made by an artist who died over 10 years ago, is blasphemous and should be removed from its museum. picked by Wingnut 1 week ago

This makes me sad

wiki picked by pocksucket 1 year ago

An interesting article by a doctor on what he has learnt from the patients who have died in his care. Sad, but, in a way, (for me, at least) comforting picked by Marz 10 months ago

Johnny Podres, who won the clinching game in the Brooklyn Dodgers' only World Series victory, died Sunday night. He was 75.

*Someone tell me why I had to go to a Canadian site to find this story. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

Her husband said the couple had come to the spot to memorialize the death of his wife's father, who died at the same location picked by tigertony 6 months ago

suebe is glad his chardonnay lives on.
/Lifts a glass in his honor

Theme pic is Ernest Gallo, another vinter toasting him on his 90th birthday picked by suebe 4 months ago

And last Wednesday, two days after his 34th birthday, he died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a Rhode Island hospital, his spine fractured and his body riddled with cancer that had gone undiagnosed and untreated for months. picked by murfanda 3 weeks ago

Squeaky the Clown died from asphyxiation Wednesday after inhaling too much helium from a balloon and launching into a frenzy of comically high-pitched pleas for help. picked by mitzuzake 11 months ago

NEW YORK (AP) -- Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from "Hungry Heart" through "The Rising," died Thursday. He was 58. picked by prish 5 months ago

Anita Rodd**k, who pioneered cruelty-free beauty products with her Body Shop stores, died today of a massive brain hemorrhage in London. picked by punthe 12 months ago

Chlamydoselachus anguineus, is a primitive shark species, of the family Chlamydoselachidae. The Southern African frilled shark is a proposed new species from the Southern African range. Thought to be extinct itself, it was only discovered in Japanese waters on January 21, 2007 a specimen was found alive off the coast of Japan near the Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo. The shark... read full post picked by leopoldogolba 9 months ago

Photo Essay - A toddler is hurled from a burning building. The girl's parents tossed her to members of the fire brigade, not seen, during a fire in an apartment building in Germany. Nine people, including five children, died in the blaze. picked by bevissimo 7 months ago

A Canadian man died Saturday, four days after police used a Taser stun-gun on him because he reportedly was acting erratically in a store, police said. picked by peterson5 5 months ago

After a son died in the Trade Tower attack, the mother and father are fighting over millions of dollars of benefits paid to survivors. The father had barely seen his son in 30 years. picked by hisidea 1 year ago

Calderon called the fence plan "deplorable," predicting it would lead to the deaths of more Mexicans at the southern border. More than 400 Mexicans have already died during 2006 in attempts to cross it. picked by tlovesd 2 years ago

The photographs that were shot on the set of her final movie (unfinished, since she died two months later). picked by kissmenow 1 year ago

A teenager died in a plane crash. Her boyfriend, also in the plane, disappeared. Police had no clues as to what happened until he hit the net looking for lovin' 24 years later. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago

Hit the mute button for a moment of silence: The co-inventor of the TV remote, Robert Adler, has died.

Millions of men mourn picked by suebe 2 years ago

A gopher tortoise described as the largest on record died from injuries suffered at a construction site. The creature's shell measured 16.41 inches long, and it weighed more than 31 pounds. It was believed to be between 50 and 100 years old. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Dozens of men who whipped and cut their backs for a gory Good Friday ceremony in the Philippines risk contracting rabies after a fellow flagellant died of the virus earlier this month. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago