Death and dying

Craig Roh, a former college football standout at the University of Michigan, died of colon cancer at age 33.

The U.S. has no federal bereavement leave policy, but workers in mourning still have options. Here’s what they should know.

Every year, more than 350,000 people have a cardiac arrest outside of a hospital. Few survive. While many people who have been resuscitated have no memories of the experience, a recent study suggests others recall something, whether it’s a vague sense that people are around them, or more specific dreamlike awareness. 

A woman who escaped a wildfire that destroyed the Hawaii community by running through a burning field has died after more than seven weeks in a hospital burn unit.

Death is a certainty – one that no one can escape. But for many in modern America, it’s a taboo topic, one far removed from our everyday lives until we’re faced head-on with loss. Take a peek behind the curtain as we explore our relationship with death, meet the people who help us navigate the end of life, and...

The next generation of morticians are female and younger.

Women are retaking the field of funeral services. Once in the minority, they now make up the majority of mortuary students.

Death. It’s generally a topic that most people don’t like to discuss, but talking about it can help both the dying and their families.

“Aren’t you scared?” 24-year-old Jasmine Berrios gets a lot of questions about her work as a funeral director and embalmer– her answers may surprise you.

Americans are generally familiar with the work of birth doulas, people who provide support during childbirth. But a growing number of families are finding solace in doulas to help through the end of life, as well.

A 14-year-old student from Worcester, Massachusetts, died on Friday, officials say, and his family says his death was caused by complications from eating an extremely spicy chip that’s the subject of a viral challenge.

A former star swimmer who was found dead in the U.S. Virgin Islands in February died of accidental fentanyl poisoning, police said.

A Texas man whose body was found in Arches National Park in Utah is believed to have died of heat stroke while on a trip to spread his father’s ashes.

A prosecutor in southern Italy says the boat crash that killed a U.S. tourist off the Amalfi Coast is being investigated as a case of possible manslaughter.

Naegleria fowleri, a rare brain-eating amoeba, killed a Georgia resident after they were likely infected while swimming in a freshwater lake or pond, officials said.

Jim Hines died at the age of 76 on Saturday, nearly 55 years after he set a world-record time in the 100-meter at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Bill Lee, a well-regarded jazz musician who worked with Bob Dylan and on four of his son Spike’s early films, died Wednesday at his home in Brooklyn.

An anguished mother is searching for her late son’s favorite stuffed elephant, which contains a portion of his ashes.

Kellie Pickler’s husband Kyle Jacobs died by suicide on Feb. 17, the Davidson Country Medical Examiner confirmed two months after his passing. Jacobs was 49.