Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: funeral

funeral stories: 74 news summaries

1 - 20 of 74 Stories | 1 2 3 4 Next >>

Switch to grid view »

'A THOUSAND WHYS'

 Annie Le's Family Bids Farewell 


Sep 27, 09 7:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Annie Le's family tried to reconcile the zest with which she embraced life with the senseless brutality of her death yesterday in a private funeral service held in California. "We could ask a thousand whys for the rest of our life," said her pastor, while Vivian Van Le... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Yale University • murder • funeral • Annie Le

 Jackson Laid to Rest 

Elizabeth Taylor, ex-wife Lisa Marie Presley among invitees

Sep 3, 09 10:55 PM CDT
(AP) - Paris Jackson wept as she stepped into the Forest Lawn mausoleum where her father, Michael, was to be entombed. Katherine Jackson, overcome by sorrow, turned back when she was faced with her son's final resting place. On a sultry evening, amid a sea of white flowers and with a bejeweled... More »

MORE ABOUT:
entertainment • Al Sharpton • Los Angeles • homicide • Chris Tucker • funeral • Michael Jackson • Elizabeth Taylor • burial • motorcade • coroner • Macaulay Culkin • Katherine Jackson • Joe Jackson • Prince Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • celebrity death • Forest Lawn cemetery • Corey Feldman

(Newser) - President Obama paid homage to the "greatest legislator of our time" today in his eulogy of Ted Kennedy—"the baby of the family who became its patriarch, the restless dreamer who became its rock." He ticked off the personal and public tragedies of Kennedy's life, "a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • funeral • senator • President Obama • eulogy

slideshow

 Kennedy Funeral in Photos 


Aug 29, 09 11:22 AM CDT
(AP) - Ted Kennedy received a final tribute today befitting his huge profile on the American political scene. President Obama, three former presidents, dozens of congressmen past and present, and celebrities ranging from Jack Nicholson to Tony Bennett attended the funeral at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Basilica in Boston. Placido Domingo... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Boston • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • funeral • senator

Aide: Obama Eulogy to Focus on Kennedy's Impact on US

President works into night on speech for Boston funeral

Aug 28, 09 8:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama is still working on the eulogy he’ll deliver at Ted Kennedy’s funeral tomorrow in Boston, an aide tells Politico tonight. Though Obama will offer “a personal take on the senator as legislator, mentor, colleague, friend and family member,” the aide says, it’s “... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Boston • Ted Kennedy • funeral • President Obama • eulogy • Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help • Edward Kennedy

(Newser) - Thousands more well-wishers flocked to the Kennedy Library in Boston today to pay their respects to Ted Kennedy, the Globe reports. Mourners stood in an eight-wide line that snaked back and forth throughout the parking lot. Among the mourners were several state lawmakers, a group from the Democratic Republic... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Boston • Ted Kennedy • death • funeral • senator • Kennedy Library • US Senate • wake

 Senior Bushes Will 
 Skip Kennedy Funeral 

43rd president will represent family at service

Aug 28, 09 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush won't attend Ted Kennedy's funeral tomorrow, the AP reports. All of the living presidents had been expected at the senator's service in Boston, but the 85-year-old Bush changed his mind after learning his son would be among the mourners, a rep says. Bush... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Boston • Barbara Bush • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • death • George HW Bush • funeral • senator • George W. Bush

(Newser) - With a tropical storm bearing down on the Northeast, President Obama and Michelle Obama will leave Martha's Vineyard tomorrow, a day ahead of schedule, to ensure he arrives in Boston in time to deliver a eulogy at Ted Kennedy's funeral Saturday. If possible, they'll return to the Vineyard afterward; if... More »

MORE ABOUT:
weather • Boston • Michelle Obama • Ted Kennedy • death • tropical storms • hurricane • funeral • bicycles • bicycle • President Obama • Martha's Vineyard • bike helmet • eulogy

(AP) - Ted Kennedy's body is en route to Boston, where he will lie in repose at his slain brother's presidential library for 2 days of public visitation. The motorcade carrying the senator's body and members of his family departed the family compound on Cape Cod for the 70-mile trip to the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Congress • Boston • Senate • John F. Kennedy • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • Arlington National Cemetery • funeral • Cape Cod • presidential library • Hyannis Port • Edward Kennedy

(Newser) - All four living former presidents will attend Ted Kennedy’s invitation-only funeral, the Boston Herald reports. President Obama will also be there, breaking off his Martha’s Vineyard vacation to deliver a eulogy. Gordon Brown also plans to attend, as will Irish PM Brian Cowen. “Sen. Kennedy is... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Barack Obama • Jimmy Carter • Gordon Brown • Bill Clinton • Ted Kennedy • Massachusetts • George HW Bush • funeral • senator • George W. Bush • Brian Cowen • former presidents • US Senate • President Obama

Jackson's Body Will Head to Celeb-Stacked LA Mausoleum

Final funeral will be family, friends only

Aug 19, 09 11:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson will be entombed in a Los Angeles-area mausoleum that’s the final Neverland of many other celebrities, the New York Post reports. The Holly Terrace section of the Great Mausoleum is reputedly the most secure section of Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. The same chamber hosts the... More »

MORE ABOUT:
mausoleum • funeral • Michael Jackson • Clark Gable • burial site • Glendale • celebrity death • Forest Lawn cemetery


 Jacko to Be Buried 
 on Birthday: Dad 

King of Pop to be laid to rest at LA's Forest Lawn Cemetery

Aug 17, 09 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michael Jackson will be buried on Aug. 29, what would have been the late artist’s 51st birthday, Joe Jackson tells the New York Daily News. The King of Pop’s father says plans for the burial, to take place at LA’s Forest Lawn Cemetery, were just made in... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Los Angeles • LAPD • funeral • Michael Jackson • burial • Conrad Murray • Joe Jackson

 Mourners Honor 
 Eunice Kennedy Shriver 

Hundreds honor founder of Special Olympics

Aug 13, 09 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - Several hundred people mourned Eunice Kennedy Shriver at a wake today in Massachusetts, the Cape Cod Times reports. Husband Sargent Shriver, daughter Maria, and son-in-law Arnold Schwarzenegger were joined by family, friends, and others appreciative of Shriver’s advocacy for the disabled through the Special Olympics. "Eunice's life was... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Arnold Schwarzenegger • funeral • Cape Cod • Maria Shriver • wake • Special Olympics • Eunice Shriver

(AP) - Former Philippines President Corazon Aquino was laid to rest today next to her assassinated husband, after a funeral procession joined by hundreds of thousands. About 600 priests and nuns linked arms around the Aquino mausoleum at the Manila Memorial Park to keep back the crowd following the flatbed truck with... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Philippines • funeral • burial • Corazon Aquino

 Andy Rooney at Cronkite  
 Funeral: 'I Can't Get Over It'

Memorial service honors legendary TV news anchor

Jul 23, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Family and friends of Walter Cronkite remembered the venerable television news anchor today at a memorial at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan, CBS News reports. Speakers at the service remembered Cronkite’s sense of humor, his love of sailing, and the strong emotions that lay beneath his calm, collected... More »

MORE ABOUT:
World War II • funeral • memorial service • anchor • Walter Cronkite • television news

Backyard Burials Alive
and Well

Families see economy, intimacy in caring for dead themselves

Jul 21, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A growing number of families are deciding against funeral homes and cemeteries, the New York Times reports. Many have decided to care for their dead at home, which they say gives them more dignity—and saves money in the process. “It’s organic and informal, and it’s on... More »

MORE ABOUT:
recession • funeral • burial • funeral home • death midwife

 Jackson's Kids Emerge  


Jul 7, 09 10:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Among the more notable events in today's sendoff to Michael Jackson was the public emergence of his three children—Prince Michael Jr., 12, Paris Michael Katherine, 11, and Prince Michael II, 7. Their father, one of the most photographed men in history, made it a point to shield images of... More »

MORE ABOUT:
children • funeral • Michael Jackson • Paris Michael Jackson • Prince Michael Jackson Jr. • Prince Michael Jackson II

 Biggest Celebrity Funerals 


Jul 7, 09 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - The numbers of those who watched on TV or the Internet aren't yet crunched, but it's safe to say that Michael Jackson's funeral will rank up there with the biggest celebrity farewells. Time rounds up others:
  • Rudolph Valentino, 1926. A superstar of the silent era, Valentino’s sudden death
... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Princess Diana • John Lennon • Babe Ruth • celebrity • Elvis Presley • funeral • celebrity death

(Newser) - Michael Jackson's family held a quiet vigil beside his casket last night before the singer is interred today, reports the Times of London. Jackson's sister La Toya, brother Randy and daughter Paris were spotted at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park soon after Jackson's casket was transported there for a private... More »

MORE ABOUT:
California • police • Los Angeles • death • funeral • Michael Jackson • Neverland • memorial service • cemetery • Neverland Ranch • La Toya Jackson

jackson memorial

 Fans Beat Odds 
 to Land Tickets 


Jul 5, 09 9:55 PM CDT
(AP) - Michael Jackson fans began to celebrate tonight after beating the odds to win coveted tickets to Tuesday's memorial service at the Staples Center in LA. "I'm in shock that it has happened," said Deka Motanya, 27, of San Francisco. "It's surreal." More than 1.6 million... More »

MORE ABOUT:
entertainment • Los Angeles • death • funeral • Michael Jackson • memorial service • Staples Center • Los Angeles Police Department • celebrity death

1 - 20 of 74 Stories | 1 2 3 4 Next >>


from our news partners