No thank you, Ms. Ritter, I just don’t feel comfortable doing this, but I do appreciate your efforts in trying to incorporate me into the service.” One would assume that a polite refusal to play ...

Funerals generally aren’t funny. Funerals in the south, however, can be entertaining. Gayden Metcalfe and Charlotte Hays, author of “Being Dead is No Excuse” and “Some Day You’ll Thank Me for This,” ...

Amy Winehouse's family and friends gathered for a private funeral at a North London synagogue yesterday to pay tribute to the R&B singer who was found dead in her apartment on Saturday. According to ...

Commentator Brian Egeston says that for a while he became good at delivering funny funeral speeches. Then one day he bombed, and a cousin who followed got all the laughs. He can't quite figure what ...

I want to be Joan Rivers when I die. No, really I do. I want 1,000 of my nearest and dearest, (out of the millions who are mourning) to show up. I want the invited thousand to stop and get their names ...

I RECENTLY read a report which says the British funeral has been transformed. Mourning is out and rejoicing is in. It’s not even called a funeral any longer, but a celebration of life. Abide With Me ...

When it comes to death, mortician Ken McKenzie says people are far too serious. After creating a “Men of Mortuaries” calendar featuring buff, shirtless morticians wielding shovels in 2007 and ...

The original Death at a Funeral only came out about three years ago, so it may seem a bit soon to resurrect it. But director Neil LaBute and an all-star cast surprisingly breathe new life into the ...