mistakes Funeral home apologizes after corpse tumbles out of hearse into traffic Rob Beschizza

funerals Grim Reaper attends woman's funeral service David Pescovitz

News Funeral home sued for giving families fake ashes instead of their loved ones' cremated remains David Pescovitz

death Human composting grows in popularity as eco-friendly farewell option Rusty Blazenhoff

false alarms Relatives mourning a dead woman for 5 hours suddenly hear a knock — from inside the coffin Carla Sinclair

deaths Queen Elizabeth II's final journey Rob Beschizza

death Human burials in the sky count on assistance from vultures David Pescovitz

death Woman thought dead bangs on inside of coffin during funeral David Pescovitz

music Listen: the minute of silence at Princess Diana's funeral was released as a vinyl record David Pescovitz

music Propped up corpse of rapper Goonew presided over his own nightclub funeral David Pescovitz

ice cream Funeral for ice cream truck driver is surprisingly sweet Thom Dunn

death No more funeral home markups — you can now buy caskets direct for your corpse! Thom Dunn

animals Watch: Australian shepherd guides herd into a giant heart shape in stunning tribute to late relative David Pescovitz

art New Zealand artist brings life to funerals with bizarre coffins Jess Sabine

funerals You can now legally compost dead bodies in Washington state Thom Dunn

skulls The U.S. has a lot of laws around the possession and ownership of human skulls Thom Dunn

police Los Angeles police capture suspect driving stolen SUV hearse with body inside David Pescovitz

mistakes Family at viewing for dead relative sees wrong person in the casket David Pescovitz

death Luke Perry was buried in a mushroom suit David Pescovitz

History Life, Death, Ego and Eternity Bill Barol