By most accounts Kevin Hines shouldn't be alive; at age 19 he jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge.
Singer-songwriter David Olney has died at age 71, after falling silent and dropping his head in the midst of a performance at the 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida Saturday night.
These resting places celebrate life.
The number of suicides recorded in Japan stood at 19,959 last year, falling below the 20,000 mark for the first time since authorities began keeping such records in 1978, according to preliminary figures released Friday by the health ministry.
She’s the only woman veteran honored with a monument at West Point. But where was she buried?
As we begin a new year and a new decade, many of us are contemplating our own future and those we care about. While we are recovering from the holidays and making resolutions to better ourselves, I am writing to urge you to also focus on mental health this year — your own and that of others — particularly as it relates to suicide and suicidal ideation.
Local musician addresses suicide prevention in new music video
Readers offer their analysis of why they are despondent and how best to help them.
Centuries later, the victims of Great Britain's greatest hysteria are finally being remembered.
Deutschland und Italien waren zunächst Verbündete im Zweiten Weltkrieg. 1943 besetzten Wehrmacht und SS schliesslich Teile des Landes. Und begingen Gräueltaten an Zivilisten und Kriegsgefangenen.
La Ville de Besançon va reprendre 240 concessions échues d’ici à l’été prochain. Comparé à ces dernières années, c’est le plus gros programme de reprise de sépultures lancé par la collectivité. D’ici Noël, elle aura même repris une cinquantaine de terrains dans les cimetières de Saint-Claude et des Chaprais.
Rennes, Nantes, Bordeaux... Les « coopératives funéraires » fleurissent en France : les prix se veulent plus « justes », quiconque peut devenir sociétaire et tous les bénéfices sont réinvestis. En plus, ces structures proposent des obsèques plus respectueuses de l’environnement.
Karl-Heinz Keldungs hat die NS-Prozesse in seinem neuen Buch untersucht. Der Jurist wirft vielen damaligen Richtern vor, sie hätten sich nicht ausreichend mit den Straftaten der Aufseher auseinandergesetzt – ihm zufolge seien die Urteile zu milde gewesen.
Steeds meer mensen volgen een opleiding tot funerair medewerker.
A l'occasion de la Toussaint, l'institut BVA a mené une étude sur les pratiques funéraires des Français, en partenariat avec la fondation PFG (liée à un groupe de pompes funèbres). Une enquête riche d'enseignements qui confirme un attrait croissant pour la crémation, au détriment de l'inhumation.
60,000 veterans died by suicide between 2008 and 2017
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among Arizonans ages 15-34, according to a 2019 study that attributes the toll to such things as exposure to social media, harassment and the pressure to succeed.
Problems with health care relatively often played a role in the suicide of young people between the ages of 10 and 20 years in 2017, according to a study performed on behalf of the Ministry of Public Health. Young people who took their own lives in that year also often struggled with bullying or having high expectations of themselves, the researchers found.
The controversial Netflix series 13 Reasons Why has just finished filming its fourth and final season, but researchers continue to study the show’s impact on teen suicide and mental health.
When our anti-apartheid Struggle stalwarts Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Zola Skweyiya and Billy Modise passed away on different dates last year, it was fitting that they should be given state funerals.
Entrepreneurs and innovators set out every day to give life to products and services across the tech landscape. A new startup out of Portland is looking to disrupt death.
About 40 years ago someone was seen to smile at a funeral. How dare they. But it started a quiet revolution in New Zealand.
A verse written by Lord Byron has been ruled unsuitable for include on a churchyard gravestone.
Singapore’s move to decriminalise attempted suicide is welcome, as are moves to give police, doctors and courts new powers on treatment for mental illnesses, recognising that suicide prevention requires a whole-of-society approach
Anyone having thoughts about suicide can get help by contacting the Suicide Line on the number 1813 or by going to www.zelfmoord1813.be, or the Suicide Prevention Center at 0800 32 123 or at www.preventionsuicide.be
The go ahead has been given for a new crematorium in Dundalk.
A proposed crematorium is one step closer to reality at Thomaston Village Cemetery after a lengthy discussion and debate during the Cemetery Board of Trustees meeting Monday, Jan. 13.
The Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Home building at 1306 N. Monroe St. is up for sale. The 30,000-square-foot structure was built in the 1920s.
Fifteen months ago work started on building a much-needed crematorium to serve the people of West Lindsey and beyond.
