Family in battle with council to reinstate brothers' memorial plaques
By Lauren Smith and Nadia Mitsopoulos
A family who lost two brothers to separate freak accidents is fighting to reinstate their beachside memorial plaques after the benches they were on were damaged in a recent storm south of Perth.
#DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #DeathandDying #CommunityandSociety #LaurenSmith #NadiaMitsopoulos
Sydney MP moves bill to make human composting a reality
By Miriah Davis
Advocates say human composting offers a sustainable, greener alternative to burials and crematoriums, and can also provide a cheaper and equitable option after death.
Police to review case of Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre
By Nadia Mitsopoulos, Keane Bourke, and Cason Ho
The interactions Jeffery Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre had with Australian police before her death will be reviewed, WA's police commissioner confirms.
#DomesticViolence #Police #SocialProblems #DeathandDying #NadiaMitsopoulos #KeaneBourke # #CasonHo
When Siri Hustvedt felt her husband's ghost, she turned to science
By Nicola Heath and Claire Nichols
The author of What I Loved has published a moving memoir drawing on letters and journals documenting the last days of Paul Auster, her partner in life and writing.
#Books #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Author #Fiction #Novel #NonFiction #DeathandDying #NicolaHeath #ClaireNichols
'Shaman' lied about magic mushrooms before Adelaide fashion icon's death, inquest hears
By Kathryn Bermingham
A coronial inquest is investigating the death of Adelaide fashion icon Carol Foord, who used magic mushrooms as an alternative treatment prior to her death in June 2024.
#AlternativeMedicine #Courts #DeathandDying #KathrynBermingham
One dead after huge fire at Dominican beach resort
A woman has been killed and nearly 1,700 tourists evacuated due to a large fire at a hotel in the Dominican beach resort town of Bayahibe.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-20/dominican-republic-viva-wyndham-resort-fatal-fire/106823238
Hospice nurse reveals the exact time people are most likely to die and it’s fascinating
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/exact-time-most-people-die-ex1/
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