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I Love Lucy
Lucille Desire Ball was born August 6, 1911, in Jamestown, New York. In 1915, her father died of typhoid fever and so she and her brother were raised by their mother and grandparents. Ball's grandfather was an eccentric fellow who enjoyed theatre. He brought the family to see shows and encouraged his grand daughter to take part in school plays. Ball realized at an early age that being[...]
A True Friend Buries Incriminating Evidence
Every person should have one. You may have heard of them. They're our life-long friends - the person who stole the liquor from their parent's cabinet and got us embarrassingly drunk; they're the ones who ditched us at a party in the middle of nowhere to go home with someone they just met; they're our confidants, wingmen, best-friends, partners-in-crime, and sometimes, even our[...]
A Funeral for a Placebo
Maybe you've heard the story, the one about the New Zealand man nicknamed the Grim Eater. He was recently banned from local funeral homes when his frequent attendances to services showed that he wasn't arriving to show his condolences for the family, not even to pay his respect for the dead, but rather to partake in the free food.It isn't very common that you hear stories of this sort[...]
Pop Icon Still Popular in Death
Andy Warhol was considered the father of pop art and an influential filmmaker, screen printer, producer as well as an artist. Warhol survived an assassination attempt by a psychotic friend in the sixties, and eventually after a lifetime of influential art Warhol died of cardiac arrhythmia, brought on by water intoxication in 1987. Warhol's family maintained that this was because of[...]
Grief Therapy of the Four-Legged Variety
Sometimes during periods of grief, a nonjudgmental, comforting presence can be all it takes to lift someone's spirits. A grief therapy dog is a specially trained dog that does just that: providing comfort in times of crisis, grief, or even disaster situations. They will offer individual care, emotional support, and compassionate listening to those affected by the loss of a loved one, as[...]
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