When Henrietta Duterte lost her husband Francis, a coffin builder, undertaker, and business owner, to consumption in 1858, she inadvertently became the country’s first African American woman mortician. ...
Many heavy metal musicians want to portray a tough image–but Butcher Babies frontwoman Carla Harvey has quite literally stared death in the face. As a former embalmer and...
If you’ve had the time (which, considering the state of the things right now you probably haven’t) you may have caught at least a few episodes of the...
Chinese funeral culture is having a moment on the internet. Steeped in thousands of years of tradition, China's funerals feature exquisitely handcrafted art that has drawn admirers from...
Thanks to Connecting Directors contributor Eric Pereira for this compilation. Many funeral homes pride themselves on decades (even centuries) of work and carrying a name that reflects that...
Customarily, funerals and memorial services for deceased celebrities are star-studded, widely-publicized, and well-photographed events. Last year, though, was different — as you well know. The pandemic changed memorialization...
Like many of our readers, Dr. Pia Interlandi’s fascination with death care was sparked at an early age. For Interlandi, it started when she and her aunt were...