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If you think laughing at a funeral is totally inappropriate, you probably shouldn't read Laurie Kilmartin's book Dead People Suck.

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Digital urns and a virtual cemetery from Italian company iRip allow anyone to pay respects to a deceased loved one...

In 2010 Polish coffin maker Lindner published its first calendar featuring scantily-clad female models posing alongside, on top of, and...