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Gandhi Family Scatters Ashes

60 years after assassination, pacifist gets traditional burial in sea

Jan 30, 08 6:49 PM CST
(Newser) - An urn of Mohandas Gandhi's ashes was poured into the Arabian Sea today by his great-granddaughter, the Guardian reports, finally giving the Indian pacifist a traditional Hindu burial 60 years after he was assassinated. Dozens of such urns had been distributed across India after Gandhi's death, allowing a connection with... More »

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India • history • anniversary • funeral • Mahatma Gandhi


Ledger's Kin Bid Farewell in LA

Memorial service held in Los Angeles

Jan 28, 08 3:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Actor Heath Ledger's family and friends held a private memorial in Los Angeles Saturday before his body was flown to his native Australia for funeral services. Mourners included his parents, sister Kate, ex-girlfriend actress Michelle Williams—mother of his toddler daughter, Matilda—and another former lover, Naomi Watts, reports the... More »

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prescription drugs • Cate Blanchett • Heath Ledger • Brokeback Mountain • funeral • Michelle Williams • Soho • memorial service • Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary • Beverly Hills Hotel • Shrine Auditorium. • Naomi Watts

Hate Church Plans to Picket Ledger Funeral

Baptist extremists will bash late actor for 'Brokeback' role

Jan 24, 08 9:53 AM CST
(Newser) - A homophobic Kansas church known for protesting at the funerals of dead soldiers has announced plans to picket Heath Ledger's funeral because he played a gay character in Brokeback Mountain, MSNBC reports. "He got on that big screen with a big, fat message: God is a liar and it's... More »

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homophobia • Heath Ledger • Brokeback Mountain • funeral • Westboro Baptist Church • Fred Phelps • hate groups • Southern Poverty Law Center • picketing funerals

Relatives Sue Ohio Coroners Over Remains

Fate of organs
removed during
autopsy at issue

Jan 23, 08 7:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments today in a lawsuit charging that coroners failed to return a man's brain to his body prior to burial and that his parents had a constitutional right to the remains. Coroners say hurried reintegration of organs for funerals could compromise autopsies; under state... More »

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Ohio • autopsy • funeral • constitutional law

Emotional Funeral for SF Tiger Victim

Survivor brothers embrace parents
of dead teen

Jan 9, 08 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Two survivors of a Christmas Day tiger attack at the San Francisco Zoo that killed their friend yesterday embraced the distraught parents of the fallen teen at his emotional funeral. "There's a lot of anger inside," said a pal of 17-year-old Carlos Sousa Jr., who was laid to... More »

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Oakland Raiders • animal attack • funeral • San Francisco Zoo • tiger mauling • Carlos Sousa Jr

Bhutto's Body Flown Home

She will be buried near her father; nine dead in rioting

Dec 27, 07 7:54 PM CST
(Newser) - The body of Benazir Bhutto was flown to her ancestral homeland in Pakistan Friday as riots in the wake of her assassination claimed the lives of at least nine people. Police reported widespread unrest in Karachi and across the country, CNN reports. TV footage showed Bhutto supporters torching cars and... More »

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Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • Benazir Bhutto • assassination • funeral

Eulogy Offers Some Answers

A journalist leaves a doctor's funeral 'feeling a sense of wonder'

Dec 19, 07 2:17 PM CST
(Newser) - The questions have echoed through the ages, ever since people started dying and leaving behind loved ones able to express the sentiment: Why? Why now? Now what? Writing for the Newsweek/Washington Post website "On Faith," Sally Quinn points her readers to the extraordinary eulogy Erik Kolbell delivered last... More »

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obituary • Sally Quinn • grief • death • funeral • Amy Rosenblatt Solomon • Roger Rosenblatt • Erik Kolbell • eulogies

Kanye Breaks Down on Stage

Weeps at Paris concert over mother's death

Nov 19, 07 6:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Rapper Kanye West broke down weeping at his first concert since the death of his mother just a week ago. He was near the end of a performance in Paris Saturday night and was unable to begin his song "Hey Mama."  "This song is dedicated to... More »

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Kanye West • Paris • concert • memorial • funeral • Donda West • Alexis Phifer

Thousands Mourn Pavarotti

Sep 8, 07 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Modena's main piazza was filled with throngs of Luciano Pavarotti fans today as invited mourners gathered at the cathedral for the tenor's funeral. The service, which was shown on huge screens in the piazza and broadcast live, was attended by an ecclectic group of dignitaries and artists with whom the... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Bono • opera • Luciano Pavarotti • tenor • Kofi Annan • Modena • funeral

Thousands
Pay Respects
to Pavarotti

Bono, Kofi Annan plan to attend tenor's funeral tomorrow

Sep 7, 07 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thousands lined up today to pay respects to opera superstar Luciano Pavarotti at the cathedral in his hometown of Modena, Italy. Though the tenor's family wants a private funeral tomorrow, an international array of celebrities and fans–among them Bono, Andrea Bocelli, and Kofi Annan–are planning to attend, Reuters... More »

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Italy • Bono • obituary • opera • Luciano Pavarotti • tenor • Kofi Annan • Placido Domingo • The Three Tenors • funeral • Andrea Bocelli • Jose Carreras

Indian Activists Seek 'Green' Funeral Pyres 

Hindu cremation rites consume 50 million trees a year

Sep 3, 07 12:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Indian environmental activists are taking aim at the traditional Hindu funeral pyre, which can burn over 800 pounds of wood while mourners watch the rite that is believed to free soul from body. Now a nonprofit group is peddling a "green cremation system," which uses a raised metal... More »

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India • cremation • environmentalism • deforestation • Hindu • funeral pyre • funeral • carbon emissions

France Bids Adieu to Archbishop

Notre-Dame holds Catholic-Jewish funeral ceremony for former church leader

Aug 10, 07 4:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Catholic and Jewish prayers rang out at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris today during the funeral of the former archbishop of Paris, Jean-Marie Lustiger, who died Sunday at 80. A convert from Judaism whose mother died at Auschwitz, he was known for his tireless work to bridge his two faiths, and... More »

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Catholic Church • Nicolas Sarkozy • Judaism • death • Auschwitz • Catholicism • Notre Dame • archbishop • Jean Marie Lustiger • funeral

Texas Bids Lady Bird Goodbye

Former first lady buried in her beloved Hill Country

Jul 16, 07 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - A day after her star-studded funeral, Lady Bird Johnson was buried yesterday in a private ceremony at her family's Hill Country ranch, not far from a field of her beloved wildflowers. Thousands lined the route from Austin to Stonewall, the Star-Telegram reports, to say a final goodbye at the conclusion... More »

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Lady Bird Johnson • Lyndon Nugent • funeral

Lady Bird Johnson Mourned

Jul 14, 07 10:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A heady mix of past presidents and past and current first ladies paid their respects to Lady Bird Johnson, whose funeral was held in Austin, TX, today, after more 12,000 people filed past her coffin at the top of a marble staircase at the Johnson Library. She died Wednesday... More »

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Lyndon Johnson • obituary • Lady Bird Johnson • Bill Moyers • funeral

Student Bomber Foiled at Falwell Funeral

FBI found explosives in Liberty University student's car

May 23, 07 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A student at Jerry Falwell's university is under arrest for a bomb plot against protesters at the late evangelist's funeral. A relative of Mark Uhl tipped off authorities, who found five bombs in the 19-year-old Liberty University student's trunk. Uhl admitted he planned to use the bombs to disrupt a... More »

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FBI • Jerry Falwell • Liberty University • ATF • bombing • Mark Uhl • funeral

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