As all of us are painfully aware at this point, the artist we formerly knew as Prince has passed away. He was found in his Minnesota home/recording studio on Thursday (cause of death, unknown). It’s been a year for the obituaries — David Bowie, Alan Rickman, Antonin Scalia, and now Prince? The Grim Reaper seems […]
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Across the world, and certainly all over the internet, people are mourning the death of monumental pop star David Bowie. To his loved ones, his passing seems to have come as no surprise — Bowie had apparently been fighting cancer for awhile, quietly. But to the rest of the world, especially all those fans listening to […]
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The first day of November passed solemnly for family, friends, and admirers of former United States senator Fred D. Thompson, who died of lymphoma in Nashville at the age of 73. Thompson was esteemed not only for his political career, which included both a key role in the Watergate case as well as a presidential campaign, but […]
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“Assisted suicide” is a practice in which doctors prescribe lethal doses of painkillers to terminal patients in order to provide a quick death instead of a long, drawn out period of suffering and expenses for both patients and their loved ones. There are some states that allow for assisted suicide: Oregon, Washington, Vermont, and Montana are four […]
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Burt Shavitz, the Maine mastermind behind those little golden chapsticks that you may use or not use, left the world of the living this week. His respiratory related death is far from tragic – on the contrary, the bearded champion of lip balm seems to have lived a full and rewarding life. Search for the […]
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When a relative or a friend dies, there’s the surprise chance that you could have been chosen to be the executor of the estate. In this case, you would probably feel a sense of responsibility to the deceased, that you would have to perform the role of executor because they trusted you enough to list […]
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Making plans for your eventual death is never a fun topic, but you’d be surprised at how many people put off writing a will simply because they either don’t want to worry about it at the moment, or they don’t think they need one yet. The problem with this, though, is that accidents happen, and […]
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