I can think of no better way to celebrate the life of a ballerina who has bitten the dust than burying her in a coffin shaped like a ballet slipper. That way, when her body is exhumed by our alien overlords in the fut...

This is not an article that advocates being lazy for longevity, but five stories of rare coincidence that don't really have a lot to do with everyday life. But for these five folks, it was a good thing they were late to...

This has probably got to be the...  ...News 24 See also: 30 Strangest Deaths in History, a Neatorama classic

Taxes, however, remain certain. Citing a lack of r...  ...Italian town of Falciano del Massico, has banned death in his jurisdiction: ...it is "Forbidden for r...

Jack Froese died in June 2011. The...  ...; Hart says that shortly before Froese's death , the two had a private conversation i...

In 18th century England, changes in the way medical students were trained sparked a new business: body-snatching. Corpses were needed for educational dissections, and enterprising laborers knew where to get them. From w...

(YouTube link) His species only lives for a minute, but he has a long bucket list. (via the Presurfer)...

"Till death do us part" does not apply to this tragic lo...  ...wever, after Sarinya’s untimely death , he couldn’t let her go without fulfilling...

by Mike Dubik, MD Brian Wood, MD For hundreds,...  ...wever, now most states have laws concerning brain death . The American Medical Association, the American B...  ...nd have endorsed the following as a definition of death : Irreversible cessation of all function of the en...  ...including the brain stem....

Before the development of photography, and even fo...  ...ime afterward, one of the customs right after the death of someone important was to cast a death mask, to ensure there was a lasting representatio...  ...ould be commissioned someday! Napoleon Bonapart's death mask was (...