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  • April 7, 2020

    Released on April 28, 2020

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  • February 18, 2018

    in the darkness lurks the resurrection….

    And lo, the horseman stepped forward and I said “I am Death.” More to come…

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  • December 31, 2016

    2016’s Most Memorable Death Articles and More

    2016 will very likely be remembered as the year of the Dead Celebrity. Prince was certainly a tough death for Death Ref. And yet, a…

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  • May 22, 2016

    May 22: World Goth Day

    It’s World Goth Day! So dark so dark inside…..

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  • April 23, 2016

    Prince 1958-2016

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  • March 8, 2016

    SxSW 2016: Everybody Dies: What Is Your Digital Legacy? Friday, March 11 @ 5pm

    Everybody Dies: What Is Your Digital Legacy? SxSW 2016 Panel with Alethea Lange, Dr. John Troyer (from Death Ref!), Megan Yip, and Vanessa Callison-Burch Friday,…

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  • December 31, 2015

    2015’s Most Memorable Death Essays and More

    2015 was a good year for death. Without much hesitation writers and editors both agreed that death topics sold copy/generated clicks so the stories kept…

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  • August 2, 2015

    How to Build a Survivor Library Before the Grid Goes Down — Embalming Books Included

    The Survivor Library One the Media, WNYC Public Radio (2014 and 2015) WNYC’s radio show On The Media is a constant source of solid information…

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  • April 2, 2015

    Necrophilia Laws and Abusing the Corpse at the Morbid Anatomy Museum

    Abusing the Corpse Even More: Understanding Necrophilia Laws in the USA — Now with more Necro! And more Philia! An Illustrated Lecture by Dr. John…

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  • February 1, 2015

    New York Times Starts New Series on Death and Dying: The End.

    Dying Shouldn’t Be So Brutal Ira Byock, New York Times (January 31, 2015) Where is the public outrage over needless suffering at the end of…

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  • January 3, 2015

    Happy New Year from the Desk Reference Desk!

    Have a great 2015 Everyone!

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  • December 24, 2014

    Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Death Reference Desk!

    Merry Christmas and Happy Happy Holidays from Meg, Kim and John at the Death Reference Desk. It’s been a lovely five-years of Death Ref’ing and…

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