Yes, it’s sad that we lost the Queen of Soul: Aretha Franklin. However, I try to think of funerals as a time to celebrate a person’s life. When I die, I don’t want the tone of the funeral to be somber. I want it to be a party. I don’t want people dressed in all […]
Wiz Khalifa is so private about his family life that he recently suffered a tragic family death without anyone knowing. According to reports, the rapper’s transgender sister Dorien “LaLa” Thomaz died at age 32 on Monday and passed away peacefully with their mother, Peachie Thomaz, by his side. No word on Dorien’s cause of death, but […]
According to a recent Facebook post from the rapper on Wednesday, there may be some new Lil Wayne on the way.
Ed Lover looked out his window one day and saw a deceased bird lying on his front porch. He said he did what any decent human being would do, and gave it the proper burial, putting it in a container and taking him out to the backyard. He even said a prayer over his little […]
Jose Fernandez's pregnant girlfriend Maria Arias appeared in public for the first time since his death.
A company is offering a package that allows you to press your ashes into up to 30 copies of any record of your choosing. You can then give those records loved ones, who can play the song knowing its made up of the ashes of the one who has passed. Such a poetic gift can […]
Today boxing legend Muhammad Ali is being laid to rest. The procession is scheduled to pass the Ali Center, his childhood home, high school, first gym where he trained, and other hometown spots. Ali reportedly planned his own funeral years back, specifying that he wanted it to be as open as possible so his fans would be able […]
Watch the funeral of A Tribe Called Quest’s Phife Dawg’s funeral live on Periscope. Click HERE to stream the service now.
The family of Val Jean McDonald was shocked and embarrassed to find out the woman they grieved for wasn't their grandmother. McDonald, 81, died in December following a battle with cancer.
Lighting and harsh makeup have been named the culprits in an unusual story of a family not recognizing their own late grandmother in a funeral home.
A family in Washington, D.C. was left scratching their heads after their family matriarch’s body went missing at her funeral and was replaced with another woman. At the viewing last Friday for 83-year-old grandmother Vivian Gray, the funeral home made a major gaffe, NBC4 Washington reports. Gray, who on Feb. 19 lost consciousness at her NE home, […]
It's a shame that most people will miss their funeral by a few days.