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I'm a first-generation funeral director. The industry is facing a labor shortage and young women are its future.
Once male-dominated, the funeral industry is undergoing a major shift. Gen Z and millennial woman a…
Lauren Edmonds
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Funeral directors face backlash after sending older people at a care home Valentine's cards, says report
Residents of a care home for older people in England were sent Valentine's Day cards from funeral d…
Rebecca Rommen
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Kevin Costner refused to shorten his memorable 17-minute eulogy at Whitney Houston's funeral: 'They can get over that'
Kevin Costner recalled giving his 17-minute eulogy to Whitney Houston on the "Armchair Expert" podc…
Jason Guerrasio
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Funeral director pleads guilty after 31 decomposing bodies were found inside his funeral home
Some of the corpses found inside the Lankford Funeral Home and Family Center had been there for at …
Kenneth Niemeyer
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An all-natural funeral home had 115 rotting corpses improperly stored and emanating an 'awful' smell, investigators say
Law officers found at least 115 "improperly stored" bodies in the funeral home when they began sear…
Sebastian Cahill
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A Colorado funeral home owner said he was practicing 'taxidermy' at the site where investigators found 189 decomposing bodies
State officials received a report of "an abhorrent smell" emanating from a Colorado funeral home. T…
Michelle Mark
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Frank E. Campbell, NYC's funeral home for the rich and famous, will lay Robert De Niro's grandson to rest
Frank E. Campbell became the funeral home to the stars after heartthrob actor Rudolph Valentino's s…
Jacob Shamsian
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They say not to make big life decisions while grieving. But I moved to Madrid right after my husband's funeral — and it was the right decision.
After Margarita Gokun Silver's husband died, she ignored advice to hold off on making life-altering…
Margarita Gokun Silver
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A funeral home in El Salvador is selling hot pink Barbie-themed coffins because the owner wants to 'jump on' the movie's success
Isaac Villegas, owner of Alpha and Omega Funeral Home in Ahuachapán, El Salvador, told the Associat…
Maria Noyen
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Funeral directors share 7 rules of etiquette and their biggest pet peeves they wish everyone knew
Funeral directors share what not to do at funeral so that you don't burden the family of the deceas…
Jen Glantz
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Funeral homes may soon be forced to post prices online: 'People are at their most vulnerable when they're grieving'
The FTC is considering updating a federal rule that forces funeral homes to disclose prices in pers…
Aidan Pollard
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Funeral-home owner gets 20 years in prison for cutting up dead bodies and secretly selling the parts
Megan Hess pleaded guilty to fraud after she was found to have dismembered cadavers and sold their …
Mia Jankowicz
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I'm planning my baby's 1st birthday party while thinking about her funeral
The mom of a baby with lissencephaly, a rare genetic condition, discusses the grief that comes with…
Kelly Burch
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A Chick-fil-A restaurant failed to build an extra lane to handle traffic, leaving city officials and the owner of a nearby funeral home fuming
Chick-fil-A didn't build an extra traffic lane at a new store in Bradenton, Florida. Mayor Gene Bro…
Alex Bitter
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A family in Ohio was horrified after they found the wrong woman in their loved one's coffin
When Sonya White's family opened her casket to say their final goodbye, they found a stranger weari…
Cheryl Teh
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I turned a 150-year-old funeral home into a mansion for my family. We have 38 rooms, a casket bar, and sometimes we hear footsteps or doors opening.
Heather Blumberg and her family converted a funeral home into their house. She gives an inside look…
Alyshia Hull
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Elderly woman found breathing at New York funeral home hours after being pronounced dead — the second such incident this year
The 82-year-old woman was transported to a hospital following the discovery, police told Insider. H…
Erin Snodgrass
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A California couple trusted a funeral home to cremate their stillborn baby. But the funeral home ghosted them and then its facility went up in flames. They're still looking for answers.
Shavonne Morton told Insider she went through painful labor expressly to honor an 'intact' body, bu…
Yelena Dzhanova
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I met my partner at a funeral. I don't believe in love at first sight, but we were instantly connected.
They met at a funeral and fell in love. She made an instant connection when she went to a funeral f…
Joan Westenberg
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A 66-year-old woman who was presumed dead woke up gasping for air in a body bag at an Iowa funeral home
The hospice facility that sent the woman to the funeral home now faces a $10,000 fine for mistakenl…