Last Words of Famous Rock Stars

In his book, The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars, rock historian Jeremy Simmonds writes, "When the final moment [of life] does arrive, even the most ...

Contest Tries to Name Funeral Home Café

A South Carolina funeral home was planning to open what it calls a "Coffee Corner." It was stocked with Starbucks coffee and offer WiFi as well ...

Children's Book Character Carries His "Sadness Shield"

We all seem to need a strategy for coping with the experience of grief. In the screen adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic children's book Where ...

Death Is an Ugly Enemy, but Christ Has Overcome It

There is a school of thought in Christian circles that almost views death so much as a blessing that you are not allowed to cry …. [But in the ...

Steve Jobs on the Power of Death to Help Us Live Now

Steve Jobs shares:

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly ...

Book Details How Famous Philosophers Died

Contemporary philosopher Simon Critchley describes how 190 of history's most famous philosophers died. Here are some of the most fascinating details: ...

A Contemporary Philosopher on Our Fear of Death

Contemporary philosopher Simon Critchley often writes about how we don't know how to prepare for death. He's especially surprised that Christians, ...

Man Blogs about His Own Death

"Here it is. I'm dead, and this is my last post to my blog." Those are the first words of the final blog post written by Derek Miller at ...

Mickey Mantle Talks about Death and Regrets

In her biography of the pro baseball great Mickey Mantle, Jane Leavy recounts comments from Mantle's last press conference on July 11, 1995. Mantle ...

Chuck Swindoll Recalls the Impact of His Father's "Last Words"

Chuck Swindoll writes:

One of my most unforgettable moments happened when I was about ten years old. My father served our country during World War II in ...