Culture | The Guardian US3d ago
Nicole Kidman reveals she is training to become a death doula to ‘provide solace and care’ to dying https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/15/nicole-kidman-death-doula #NicoleKidman #DeathAndDying #Film #Culture
Nicole Kidman reveals she is training to become a death doula to ‘provide solace and care’ to dying

Australian actor says the death of her mother in 2024 inspired the new direction

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ABC Feeds4d ago

'She was extraordinary': Famed sculptor Pat Moseley remembered
By Liz Rymill

Across dusty outback tracks to the promenades of Adelaide, sculptor Pat Moseley turned limestone and bronze into the faces of legends.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-15/pat-moseley-remembered-tributes-death-sculpture/106551430

#Art #Sculpture #History #RegionalCommunities #HumanInterest #DeathandDying #LizRymill

'She was extraordinary': Famed sculptor Pat Moseley remembered

Across dusty outback tracks to the promenades of Adelaide, sculptor Pat Moseley turned limestone and bronze into the faces of legends.

ABC Feeds5d ago

Terminally ill MP says ban on telehealth for assisted dying must change
By Nicole Asher

A Labor politician living with MND has written to the attorney-general, calling for laws banning doctors from discussing voluntary assisted dying during telehealth appointments to be revised.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-14/mp-emma-vulin-pushes-for-assisted-dying-telehealth-change/106547200

#HealthPolicy #FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #FederalParliament #DeathandDying #NicoleAsher

Terminaly ill MP says ban on telehealth for assisted dying must change

A Labor politician living with MND has written to the attorney-general calling for laws banning doctors from discussing voluntary assisted dying during telehealth appointments to be revised.

ABC Feeds6d ago

Loved ones fight for change after melanoma takes another young life
By Brianna Melville and Dana Hamilton

Emily avoided the sun and "did everything right". No-one considered that a melanoma removed from her shoulder in 2022 had spread to her brain.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-13/melanoma-cancer-march-young-woman-29/106556374

#SkinCancer #DeathandDying #Communities #BriannaMelville #DanaHamilton

Loved ones fight for change after melanoma takes another young life

Emily avoided the sun and "did everything right". No-one considered that a melanoma removed from her shoulder in 2022 had spread to her brain. 

ABC Feeds6d ago

Widower of woman killed in front yard demands answers after trial abandoned
By Olivana Lathouris

Mick Fairfield arrived home after a normal day at work to find his wife dead with stab wounds and his young daughter hiding under a blanket. He waited years for the case to go to trial, but it never did, and now he wants answers.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-13/murder-victims-husband-demands-answer-after-trial-abandoned/106552460

#JusticeSystem #DeathandDying #OlivanaLathouris

Darwin father reveals harrowing details of wife's shock killing

Mick Fairfield arrived home after a normal day at work to find his wife dead with stab wounds and his young daughter hiding under a blanket. He waited years for the case to go to trial, but it never did, and now he wants answers. 

Opinion | The Guardian USApr 6
As a celebrant, I prefer funerals to weddings. This is why | Jackie Bailey https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/06/celebrant-funerals-weddings #Bereavement #Weddings #DeathAndDying #AustraliaNews #IndigenousAustralians
As a celebrant, I prefer funerals to weddings. This is why

Perhaps my work is still about my healing – remembering the sacred fragility, the passing nature, the end date in sight

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World news | The GuardianApr 5
Iran war driving up funeral costs in the UK https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/apr/05/funeral-costs-uk-iran-war #Money #DeathAndDying #UkNews #UsisraelWarOnIran #Inflation #WorldNews #Bereavement #UkCostOfLivingCrisis
Iran war driving up funeral costs in the UK

The average traditional funeral now costs £4,623 – up 1.3% since January – says report from Pure Cremation

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Climate crisis | The GuardianApr 5
How a mother turned her drowned daughter’s passion into a thriving patisserie https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/05/germany-patisserie-johanna-orth-bereaved-parents-ahr-valley-floods #Germany #DeathAndDying #Flooding #Family #Environment #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis #Europe #WorldNews #LifeAndStyle
How a mother turned her drowned daughter’s passion into a thriving patisserie

Hamburg shop set up in tribute to aspiring pastry chef becomes ‘happy’ pilgrimage site for grieving parents

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World news | The GuardianMar 31
China to ban storing remains of dead in ‘bone ash apartments’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/31/china-bans-storing-ashes-apartments #China #DeathAndDying #WorldNews #RealEstate #AsiaPacific #Society
China to ban storing remains of dead in ‘bone ash apartments’

Practice of using apartments to store relatives’ ashes has risen as rapid urbanisation and aging population increases competition for cemetery plots

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World news | The GuardianMar 26
Spanish woman wins legal battle to end her life under euthanasia law https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/26/spanish-woman-wins-legal-battle-to-end-her-life-under-euthanasia-law #AssistedDying #Spain #DeathAndDying #Europe #Barcelona #WorldNews #Society #Law
Spanish woman wins legal battle to end her life under euthanasia law

Noelia Castillo, 25, has struggled with psychiatric illness since she was young and tried to kill herself in October 2022

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