"What have we done, soldiers of the army, to deserve such contempt? After expressing his "deep indignation" in a tweet the veill e, the army chief of staff directly addressed Riss this Saturday in an open letter to the director of Charlie Hebdo's publication. Thierry Burkhard criticizes the satirical weekly the publication of five parody drawings on the death of the 13 soldiers of the Barkhane force in Mali on Monday.
American firm Olson Kundig Architects has revealed plans for an after-death facility in Seattle where human bodies will be composted and turned into soil.
Thanks for the Dance, the singer’s posthumously released album, honors his legacy as a mystic and as a man.
Hidden within Oaxaca’s General Cemetery are the remains of the Post Mortem Chapel. The structure was commissioned in 1835, but because of ongoing political conflicts, it was never finished.
In 1802, Louis Delgrès, a free man of color born in Guadeloupe, led a doomed rebellion against Napoleon’s General Antoine Richepanse to prevent the return of slavery in the French Caribbean. Over 300 years later, the fort where he made his last stand now bears his name.
HARD Day of the Dead wrapped up the festivities for Halloween and Dìa de Los Muertos and gifted attendees with one last night to celebrate.
Swirls of incense, strands of papel picado, clusters of crafted butterflies: There’s simply no place like Hollywood Forever Cemetery on the Day of the Dead, and this year’s lively celebration was no exception.
With all due respect to the thousands of shamrocked revelers who gather every March for an afternoon of Guinness and jigs, the annual parade that has come to define downtown Fort Lauderdale does not sport a green T-shirt that says “Kiss Me, I’m Irish.” On Saturday night, the cool kids along the New River will be found in a black T-shirt that says, “Kiss Me, I’m Dead.”
Bassist who played with both Mercyful Fate and King Diamond has died after a long cancer battle
Its 30,000 artefacts from around the world reflect death and mourning across human cultures.
The supernatural has surrounded the guitar virtuoso for decades.
Two weeks before opening night, vicious winds ripped the roof off of their homemade haunt.
Historians estimate cremation developed as a funeral practice about 5,000 years ago, but it’s only become popular in the United States over the past couple decades.
Henry Gunther died at 10:59 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918, less than one minute before the end of the Great War.
Before becoming the longtime bassist for .38 Special, Junstrom played in a nascent lineup of Skynyrd
Morten Stützer, guitarist and founding member of Danish thrash metal veterans ARTILLERY, has died. He was only 57 years old.
Drummer who straddled jazz, blues and rock ‘passed away peacefully’
Thousands of French teachers took to the streets Thursday in solidarity with a principal who committed suicide in the lobby of her school last month after complaining in a letter about a work overload leaving her "exhausted".
While no immediate cause of death has been revealed, Blabbermouth report that Brunelle’s sister-in-law took to social media to confirm his passing: “This devastating post is at the request of my husband and his mother,” she wrote. “It is with deep regret and sorrow that we inform Richie’s friends and fans that he passed away… Rest in peace, Richie. You were so loved and will be forever missed.”
World leaders gather to pay final respects to charismatic and popular former president
Climate change is causing trouble on Herschel Island.
Toward a new definition of eternity.
A striking glass tribute to two sisters who suffered during Scotland's "Killing Time."
This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.
Plans have been unveiled for a national memorial to all those condemned as witches in Scotland during the 16th to 18th Centuries.
A total of 440 pairs of high-heel black shoes were installed recently on a facade of a building in downtown Istanbul to draw attention to the equal number of women murders in Turkey last year and raise awareness against increasing male violence in the country
Eddie Money revealed last month he had stage four oesophageal cancer
Tributes have poured in for an Iranian girl who died when she set herself alight after being refused entry to a football stadium in Tehran.
Zimbabwe after Mugabe
