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Man Freakishly Killed on Way to Funeral

Tony Calderon crushed by a 2K-pound palm tree crown

(Newser) - A 49-year-old California man died yesterday while waiting for a ride to his uncle's funeral, according to family members. Tony Calderon was waiting streetside in an unincorporated part of East Los Angeles when a palm tree's 2,000-pound crown became detached and fell on top of him, initially...

Lincoln's Funeral? Rare Photos May Capture the Moment

Retired accountant spots telling pics on archive website

(Newser) - Two photographs hidden in the National Archives for decades may be rare images of Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession in New York City, the Washington Post reports. They capture the blur of a big black object—possibly a horse-drawn carriage—and hundreds of men, some with bowed heads, outside what...

Hollywood Elite Mourns Philip Seymour Hoffman

Stars attend private funeral in New York City

(Newser) - Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Ethan Hawke, Brian Dennehey, Amy Adams, and Ellen Burstyn were among the stars who paid their respects today at a private funeral for Philip Seymour Hoffman that combined sadness and humor to honor an actor widely considered among the best of his generation. The coffin holding...

Dad: Let Me Go to Funeral of Daughter I Shot

Deandre Kelley shot into the air, hit girl in bedroom: police

(Newser) - A Cincinnati man charged with fatally shooting his 11-year-old daughter wants out of jail to attend her funeral. Deandre Kelley's attorney filed the motion yesterday asking that his client be allowed to attend Saturday's funeral of Shanti Lanza. Kelley is charged with reckless homicide in his daughter's...

Stop Mocking Teens Over Funeral Selfies
Stop Mocking Teens
Over Funeral Selfies
OPINION
Oct 30, 2013 1:33 PM CDT

Stop Mocking Teens Over Funeral Selfies

PJ Vogt: Tumblr critics might be the clueless ones

(Newser) - One of the buzzier Tumblr entries of late is called "Selfies at Funerals," which compiles teen photos posted to Twitter or elsewhere that were taken at, yes, funerals. The ridicule has been fast and furious —oh, today's incredibly narcissistic and shallow teens—and totally out of...

Suicide Bombers Attack Iraqi Funeral, Kill 72

One of the largest single terrorist attacks in recent years

(Newser) - Two suicide bombers, one in an explosives-laden car and the other on foot, struck a cluster of funeral tents packed with mourning families in a Shiite neighborhood in Baghdad today, one of the largest single terrorist assaults on civilians in Iraq in recent years. Police say at least 72 people...

Procession Carries 19 Fallen Firefighters Home

Hours-long journey takes bodies from Phoenix to Prescott

(Newser) - The 19 firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire are finally going home. Nineteen white hearses left the medical examiner's office in Phoenix earlier today, flanked by an honor guard of firefighters and police officers, embarking on an hours-long, 125-mile procession that will pass through Yarnell, where they lost...

Family's Mosque Won't Hold Funeral for Tsarnaev: Aunt

Islamic organizations distance themselves from suspected Boston bomber

(Newser) - Authorities are ready to release Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s body to his family, but family members—so far—have nowhere to hold the funeral. The Boston-area mosque the family attends declined a request to hold the suspected Boston bomber's burial and funeral there, Tsarnaev's aunt tells NBC News . And...

Roger Ebert Remembered for 'Big Heart' at Funeral

'He was one of us,' said Mayor Rahm Emanuel

(Newser) - A huge crowd attended Roger Ebert's funeral today at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, where friends, family, and Mayor Rahm Emanuel paid tribute to the country's most famous film critic, the Chicago Tribune reports. "He had a heart big enough to accept and love all," said...

Westboro to Protest at Ebert's Funeral

Group says 'fool' was gay 'enabler'

(Newser) - The Westboro Baptist Church has announced the latest target of its charming attentions: this morning's funeral of the "fool" Roger Ebert . In a press release, the group calls the critic a 'f-g enabler," saying he "sold his soul for some fame & fortune" and is...

Short on Friends? Hire Mourners for Your Funeral

Company capitalizes on odd tradition from China, Middle East

(Newser) - You may be less than popular, but there's no need to appear uncool in death: For about $68 a head, a British company called Rent A Mourner will send "professional, polite, well dressed individuals” to your funeral or wake, Time reports. The industry is already well-established in China...

Venezuela Bids Farewell to Chavez

VP makes point to recognize US delegation at funeral

(Newser) - Venezuela's Hugo Chavez was lauded as a modern-day reincarnation of Latin American liberator Simon Bolivar at a fiery, foot-stomping state funeral that at times smacked of a political rally as presidents, princes, and left-wing glitterati looked on. Chavez's hand-picked successor, Nicolas Maduro, eulogized the fallen leader at the...

Chavez Funeral Details a Mystery Hours From Its Start

As leaders from 5 continents flock to Venezuela

(Newser) - Hugo Chavez's state funeral is today, and leaders from around the world have traveled to Caracas for the event—which is set to begin at 10:30am local time but whose details have been, per the AP , "shrouded in astonishing secrecy." At least 50 countries from five...

Michelle Obama Attends Funeral of Slain Girl

Hadiya Pendleton was killed after performing at Obama inauguration

(Newser) - Hundreds of mourners and dignitaries including first lady Michelle Obama packed the funeral service today for a Chicago teen whose killing catapulted her into the nation's debate over gun violence. Yet, one speaker after another remembered 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton not so much as a symbol but as a best...

Inside the Ignoble Burial of a Russian Mob King

Aslan Usoyan laid to rest yesterday

(Newser) - Aslan Usoyan, the Russian mob boss killed by a sniper on Wednesday , was buried yesterday outside of Moscow, and the New York Times' description of his ignoble burial stands in stark contrast to what these funerals are typically like. While past mob bosses found a final resting place in some...

Last Funerals Held for Sandy Hook Victims

Donations pour in as officials prep school for survivors

(Newser) - The last three funerals for victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were held today as millions of dollars in donations poured into Newtown, Conn., NBC News reports. Josephine Gay, 7, and Ana Marquez-Greene, 6, were laid to rest in Connecticut, and Emilie Parker, 6, in Ogden, Utah. Emilie's father,...

Newtown Holds First Funerals for the Victims

Family, friends gather to mourn 6-year-old boys

(Newser) - A grief-stricken Newtown today began burying the littlest victims of the school massacre, starting with two 6-year-old boys—one of them a big football fan, the other a mischievous, whip-smart youngster whose twin sister survived the rampage. Family, friends, and townspeople streamed to two funeral homes to say goodbye to...

&#39;Dead Man&#39; Shows Up at His Own Wake
'Dead Man'
Shows Up
at His
Own Wake
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Oct 28, 2012 12:06 PM CDT

'Dead Man' Shows Up at His Own Wake

His family is happily surprised

(Newser) - A car-wash attendant named Gilberto Araujo had to show up at his own wake to prove to everyone he wasn't dead. ABC News and the Guardian have the strange tale from Brazil: It started when another car-washer who kind of looked like Araujo was murdered, and both police and...

Hearse Driver Dies En Route to Funeral

Woman found slumped over wheel of hearse in Beverly Hills

(Newser) - Today's dispatch from the Irony Department: Beverly Hills police responded to a report of a body slumped over in the driver's seat of a hearse parked near the Beverly Hills Hotel at about 3pm yesterday—and discovered that the hearse's driver apparently died while transporting a body...

3 Shooting Victims Mourned
 3 Shooting Victims Mourned 
'dark knight' massacre
Jul 28, 2012 4:58 PM CDT

3 Shooting Victims Mourned

Matt McQuinn among those with funerals today

(Newser) - The woman whom Matt McQuinn loved and whose life he saved by taking three bullets for her wept as pastors spoke of his heroism and sacrifice during his funeral today, and of the senselessness of the shooting spree at a Colorado movie theater where he and 11 others were killed...

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