Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #death-and-dying, aggregated by home.social.
After four attempts, woman's dying wish to see brother finally granted
By Olivia Mason
Critically ill Anna Rochford who lives with a rare and excruciating bone condition has been granted her final wish — to reunite with her brother.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-17/adelaide-womans-dying-wish-granted-visa/107273868
The appeal of eating a loved one’s ashes | Letters
By Guardian Staff
Readers respond to an article by Rachael Stirling
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/oct/16/the-appeal-of-eating-a-loved-ones-ashes
#Bereavement #RachaelStirling #Deathanddying #Society #Culture #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
A rugby union player has died the day before championship competition begins
The identity of the player is not yet known, as team officials work to notify his family in South Africa.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-17/south-african-rugby-player-dies-day-before-game/107278364
#RugbyUnion #DeathandDying #DisastersAccidentsandEmergencyIncidents
The last thing I did for my mother was illegal
By Jasmine Desiree
An urn cost more than my rent. So I scattered my mother’s ashes at Yosemite from a Ziploc bag, without the federal permit I couldn’t afford to wait for
#Wellactually #Deathanddying #Society #Business #TheGuardian #JasmineDesiree
Donald Trump calls off planned live stream of firing squad execution
By Thomas Morgan
The decision comes after intense backlash in the US and globally, with bipartisan condemnation in Australia.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-16/trump-cancels-livestream-execution-fort-hood/107273194
#WorldPolitics #LawCrimeandJustice #Crime #DeathandDying #ThomasMorgan
Breaking: Donald Trump calls off planned live stream of firing squad execution
By Thomas Morgan
The decision comes after intense backlash in the US and globally, with bipartisan condemnation in Australia.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-16/trump-cancels-livestream-execution-fort-knox/107273194
#WorldPolitics #LawCrimeandJustice #Crime #DeathandDying #ThomasMorgan
Hundreds of outback burial sites uncovered by Dave 'the Grave' Hunter
By Kristina Rosengren
Ground-penetrating radar technology has helped identify two cemeteries that a regional council did not know existed.
#DeathandDying #History #RuralandRemoteCommunities #KristinaRosengren
‘You’re honoring a life well-lived’: embalmers describe their work (in great detail)
By Madeleine Aggeler
Embalming is one of the most common options for temporarily preserving bodies after death – but what exactly does it entail?
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2026/oct/13/embalmers-work-burials
#Wellactually #Lifeandstyle #Deathanddying #Bereavement #Society #TheGuardian #MadeleineAggeler
‘Unfinished business’: the people who want their AI chatbots to ‘live on’ after they die
By Alaina Demopoulos
Humans bonded to AI companions are contemplating ways to keep their bots going – often in defiance of companies’ terms and services
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/oct/13/ai-chatbot-death-plans
#AIartificialintelligence #Chatbots #ChatGPT #Computing #Technology #Deathanddying #TheGuardian #AlainaDemopoulos
"I may not live to see the 2036 Olympics." That thought — not grief, not philosophy — is how death gets real. by @bledewitz.bsky.social
https://onlys.ky/dying-secular-style/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fresh
Billed by the Line: Obituary Inflation, the Emptied Obit Desk, and the Last Working Vanity Press
The Sunday death notices all carry the same sentence. She died peacefully at home, surrounded by her loving family, after a courageous battle with cancer. He passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer's. The names change. The sentence does not. It makes three claims. The death was peaceful. The family was present. The dying person fought. A reporter would have to verify all three. Nobody verifies them now, because nobody is paid to. […]
I don’t have children. So who will I leave my precious possessions to when I die? | Kiran Sidhu https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/12/childless-possessions-death-mother-existential-problem #DeathAndDying #WritingAWill #FamilyFinances #Money #LifeAndStyle #UkNews
I don’t have children. So who will I leave my precious possessions to when I die? | Kiran Sidhu
By Kiran Sidhu
The quirky vase, the owl candlestick, my mother’s ring – these items hold part of me and carry with them an existential problem
#Deathanddying #Writingawill #Familyfinances #Money #Lifeandstyle #UKnews #TheGuardian #KiranSidhu
The Australians buried together in unmarked graves - podcast
By Presented by Reged Ahmad with Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle; produced by Lu Hill, sound design by Jacob Round; executive producer is Hannah Parkes
Using evidence from family and friends, analysis of cemetery registries, and aerial and satellite imagery, a special investigation by Guardian Australia has found that ‘persons without means’ are being buried in bare patches of earth between walkways and old headstones. The vast majority of the graves do not have a plaque or tombstone. The investigation has prompted an immediate apology from NSW Health, which oversees the process, while the state health minister, Ryan Park, has signalled he wants to end the use of unmarked communal graves.
#Australianews #Homelessness #Poverty #Deathanddying #TheGuardian #PresentedbyRegedAhmadwithChristopherKnaus #ArielBogle #producedbyLuHill #sounddesignbyJacobRound #executiveproducerisHannahParkes
Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns opens up about grieving his mother https://www.rawchili.com/nba/855855/ #AthleteMentalHealth #Basketball #Coronavirus #DeathAndDying #FairsAndFestivals #GeneralNews #health #MentalHealth #NBA #NBABasketball #NBAFinals #philanthropy #Sports #USNews
Finding Roger Davies: how one sister’s search for her long lost brother unearthed a state’s destitute burial failures
By Christopher Knaus, Ariel Bogle and Nino Bucci
Exclusive: Chantel Dubsky says she was never told where her brother was buried. His final resting place was found as part of a Guardian investigation
#NewSouthWales #Sydney #Homelessness #Deathanddying #Australianews #Poverty #Socialexclusion #Victoria #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Forensicscience #Family #Genealogy #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus #ArielBogle #NinoBucci
In 1975 editor Hilary McPhee changed Australian publishing forever
Author Carmel Bird pays tribute to her friend, the pioneering writer, editor and publisher who died earlier this month.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-10/hilary-mcphee-australian-editor-publisher-obituary/107246522
#Books #ArtsCultureandEntertainment #Novel #Author #Fiction #NonFiction #DeathandDying
What happens to your pets when you die?
By Megan Reynolds
Without a proper plan – whether in a trust or will – your beloved companion could face an animal shelter or worse
#Wellactually #Pets #Dogs #Cats #Deathanddying #Lifeandstyle #TheGuardian #MeganReynolds
'A real love story': Renowned Yolŋu artist and wife die in same week
By George Nicoll
An Arnhem Land clan leader who once sued the Reserve Bank of Australia after his art was used on the world's first polymer bank note has died within a week of his wife.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-09/arnhem-land-yolngu-artist-and-wife-yumbulul-death/107229676
#AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderArt #DeathandDying #IndigenousAustralians #GeorgeNicoll
In an overgrown ‘swamp’ in Rookwood cemetery, Jayne asks: ‘Where are the graves? She’s told: ‘You’re standing on them’
By Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle
Exclusive: Years-long search for family ends in shock, fury – and a 16-year quest to stop NSW Health burying people in unmarked graves
#NewSouthWales #Sydney #Deathanddying #Poverty #Socialexclusion #Family #Fostering #Australianews #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus #ArielBogle
A death, a plagiarism scandal and a quest for revenge: the bizarre tale of Otto Z
By Guardian Staff
After his mother died, Otto became convinced he’d been wronged by the forensic investigators – and that one of them was a fraud. The truth was even stranger
#Germany #Forensicscience #Plagiarism #Deathanddying #Europe #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Sydney’s ‘king of town hall’ ended up in a pauper’s grave. His support workers are shocked they weren’t told
By Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle
Exclusive: The rough sleeper with a ‘massive personality’ now lies buried in a plot with four strangers, despite being well known to local homelessness services
#Sydney #NewSouthWales #Australianews #Homelessness #Deathanddying #Socialexclusion #Poverty #NewSouthWalespolitics #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus #ArielBogle
‘We live in grief-phobic societies’: experts on how to get more comfortable with death
By Madeleine Aggeler
We are all going to die, and so is everyone we know. So how can you not be terrified?
https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2026/oct/06/how-to-get-comfortable-with-death
#Wellactually #Deathanddying #Lifeandstyle #Society #TheGuardian #MadeleineAggeler
PM called on to act on communal grave revelations as NSW commits to urgent review
By Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle
‘All deceased persons should be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their financial circumstances,’ authorities say after Guardian Australia investigation
#NewSouthWales #Deathanddying #Australianews #Sydney #NewSouthWalespolitics #Poverty #Homelessness #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus #ArielBogle
PM called on to act on communal grave revelations as NSW commits to urgent review https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/07/nsw-health-people-buried-unmarked-grave-minister-failings-families #NewSouthWales #DeathAndDying #AustraliaNews #Sydney #NewSouthWalesPolitics #Poverty #Homelessness
Breaking: Veteran news anchor Richard Morecroft dies, aged 70
Morecroft was a regular presence on television screens for more than 30 years.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-06/veteran-news-anchor-richard-morecroft-dies/107236404
UK author and politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86
Jeffrey Archer was a best-selling author who sold over 300 million copies worldwide, with his final novel due to be published this month.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-06/uk-author-politician-jeffrey-archer-dies-aged-86/107232026
Peter and Maria were mourned by people who loved them. So how did they end up in unmarked communal graves?
By Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle
Exclusive: Authorities are failing to notify family, friends and outreach workers before burying strangers in shared plots, a Guardian Australia investigation reveals
#NewSouthWales #Poverty #Homelessness #Queensland #Victoria #Housing #Society #Australianews #Socialexclusion #Gambling #Sydney #Deathanddying #Mentalhealth #Pets #Dogs #Family #Friendship #Health #Socialmedia #NewSouthWalespolitics #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus #ArielBogle
Hundreds of Australians, including war veterans, are being buried in unmarked communal graves
By Christopher Knaus and Ariel Bogle
Exclusive: Guardian Australia investigation reveals state governments use shared graves to bury those deemed too poor to pay for funerals. ‘It’s unspeakable,’ one relative says
#NewSouthWales #Queensland #Victoria #Homelessness #Australianews #Poverty #Socialexclusion #Sydney #Deathanddying #TheGuardian #ChristopherKnaus #ArielBogle
Holiday cottage company insisted on a death certificate to amend our break
By Anna Tims
Sykes Holiday Cottages showed no empathy and insisted on paperwork we didn’t have so soon after my husband’s death
#Money #Consumeraffairs #Consumerrights #Travel #UKnews #Travelleisure #Business #Bereavement #Deathanddying #Society #TheGuardian #AnnaTims
Man fatally shot by police following car crash near Yass
By Niki Burnside
An independent review by the Professional Standards Command will be conducted after a man was fatally shot by NSW police near Yass on Sunday.
Good palliative care and assisted dying can go hand in hand | Letters
By Guardian Staff
Readers respond to an article on the urgent need for palliative care reform
#Deathanddying #Hospices #Assisteddying #NHS #Health #Cancer #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Star Wars actor John Boyega on the day his 10-year-old school friend Damilola Taylor was killed: ‘It kept me up at night because I was just with the guy’
By JN Benjamin
The star was just eight when his friend was stabbed. Decades on, he’s ready to talk about that day – how it shaped him, and how, as he becomes a father himself, it will shape him as a dad
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/04/john-boyega-interview-damilola-taylor-documentary
#DamilolaTaylor #UKnews #JohnBoyega #Film #Culture #Documentaryfilms #Deathanddying #Children #Friendship #Knifecrime #Crime #Lifeandstyle #Society #TheGuardian #JNBenjamin
Tennessee prisons chief resigns after failed Christa Pike execution
After the bungled execution of Christa Pike in Nashville, the head of Tennessee's prisons is stepping down.
#LawCrimeandJustice #DeathandDying #Prisons #GovernmentandPolitics
War criminal Biljana Plavsic, dubbed Serbia's 'Iron Lady', dies aged 96
Plavsic pleaded guilty at a United Nations tribunal to persecution as a crime against humanity for her role in atrocities during the 1992-95 Bosnian war.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-01/war-criminal-biljana-plavsic-dies-aged-96/107218776
Body found in rivulet in Hobart's north by passerby
Tasmanian Police are investigating after a body was found by a pedestrian in a rivulet in Hobart's north.
Learner driver charged after 17yo dies in Adelaide crash
A teenager has died in a car crash in Adelaide's northern suburbs overnight, with a learner driver charged with aggravated cause death by driving.
#Crime #Police #TransportAccidentsandIncidents #DeathandDying
Dennis Haskins, from Saved by the Bell, dies at 75
The actor best known for playing principal Richard Belding on Saved by the Bell has died aged 75.
Cheers as murder charge dismissed for Queensland woman who helped terminally ill husband die https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/sep/28/kylie-ellina-truswell-mobbs-murder-charge-dismissed-mnd-ntwnfb #Queensland #AssistedDying #DeathAndDying #AustraliaNews #AustralianLaw
Cheers as murder charge dismissed for Queensland woman who helped terminally ill husband die
By Australian Associated Press
Kylie Ellina Truswell-Mobbs, 52, walks out of court after receiving suspended sentence over 2023 death of David Ronald Mobbs
#Queensland #Assisteddying #Deathanddying #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress
MPs, you told us clearly that end-of-life care in the UK is broken. So now we need you to fix it | Jane Turner
By Jane Turner
During the assisted dying debate, most politicians agreed on one thing – palliative care reform is urgent. Patients and those of us who care for them are waiting
#Deathanddying #Assisteddying #Health #Society #UKnews #Politics #Labour #Hospices #TheGuardian #JaneTurner
MPs, you told us clearly that end-of-life care in the UK is broken. So now we need you to fix it | Jane Turner https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/28/mps-palliative-care-assisted-dying-end-of-life-care #DeathAndDying #AssistedDying #Health #Society #UkNews #Politics #Labour #Hospices
The pain of letting go of a loved one’s belongings | Letters
By Guardian Staff
Readers respond to Polly Hudson’s article about disposing of her late mother’s possessions
#Bereavement #Deathanddying #Family #Society #Lifeandstyle #Charities #Parentsandparenting #UKnews #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
Only Princess Diana's brother knew the double meaning in her eulogy, until now
By Jessica Riga
Charles Spencer was tasked with eulogising his "global phenomenon" of a sister, Princess Diana. Now, he is analysing his own words decades later in a controversial new book.
'Sudden' death of SA woman from falling tree branch preventable, coroner finds
By Eva Blandis
South Australian school teacher Judith Anne Ditter died in November 2020 when a heavy branch hit a car she was travelling in on an Adelaide Hills road.
#RoadAccidentsandIncidents #TransportAccidentsandIncidents #EmergencyServices #DeathandDying #Trees #LocalGovernment #EvaBlandis
Jail taking in Goulburn inmates won't get more staff, inquest told
By Jess Scully
An inquest hears that about 100 inmates from Goulburn prison will be transferred to Junee jail, but staffing will remain the same.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-23/junee-inquest-hears-more-staff-not-coming/107185398
#Prisons #Suicide #Courts #DeathandDying #MentalHealth #LegalProfession #StateandTerritoryGovernment #JessScully
'Emaciated' woman never accessed NDIS funding despite approval, inquest told
By Eva Blandis
A woman with an intellectual disability who was "emaciated" at the time of her death never accessed tens of thousands of dollars' worth of disability support funding despite prior approval, an inquest hears.
#Courts #DeathandDying #PeopleWithDisability #Disabilities #EvaBlandis
DATE: September 20, 2026 at 07:00AM
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TITLE: Go Ahead and Laugh at Mediums. They May Be On to Something.
URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/opinion/grief-mediums-ghosts-contact.html
Research into the benefits of sensing those we’ve lost.
URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/opinion/grief-mediums-ghosts-contact.html
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‘I feel like I’m cancelling out her life’: the wrenching work of clearing out a parent’s home
By Stephanie Wood
From old love letters to pieces of string, our homes are stuffed with stuff. When it comes time to empty a parent’s home, sorting the junk from the memory can be overwhelming
#Deathanddying #Bereavement #Family #Ageing #Lifeandstyle #Society #TheGuardian #StephanieWood