Author: John
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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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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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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…