Funeral

By JESSE BEDAYN (Associated Press/Report for America) COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A Colorado judge on Thursday granted a defense request to delay the criminal case against two Colorado funeral home operators accused of letting nearly 200 corpses decay, in some cases for years, angering some families of the deceased who are eager for the case to be resolved. Jon and Carie Hallford are now scheduled to enter pleas to the numerous felony charges they face in June, with a tentative trial date in October. That would be a year…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain In early March 2024, Humberside Police received reports of concerns over "care for the deceased" at a funeral director's in Hull. Two people have reportedly been bailed after the bodies and ashes of at least 35 people were removed from the premises. An inquiry is now underway. As shocking as this news story has…

The founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, Atedo Peterside, has expressed his dismay over comments made by Senate President Godswill Akpabio at the funeral of the late Chief Executive Officer of Access Holdings, Herbert Wigwe. The funeral, held in Rivers State, followed the death of Mr Wigwe, his wife, son, and others in a helicopter crash in the United States last month. In a post on his X page, Mr Peterside recounted that Mr Akpabio began his address by lamenting that former Anambra state governor and 2023…

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Mortuaries that violate fair-practices rules are allowed to take a remedial training program that shields their names from public scrutiny; WSJ investigation reveals more than 500 homes. Mortuaries that violate fair-practices rules are allowed to take a remedial training program that shields their names from public scrutiny; WSJ investigation reveals more than 500 homes. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s…

Shannen Doherty was vulnerable and candid in a new, wide-ranging conversation about death, fear and funeral planning. The “Beverly Hills, 90210” star invited best friend Chris Cortazzo, whom she described as her “security blanket,” to join her on the “Let’s Be Clear” podcast to dig deep into facing death head-on, and with humor, despite her fears. Doherty was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. She had a mastectomy, underwent chemotherapy and radiation and was in remission by 2017. But in February 2020, the…

Everybody is always trying to sell something. But while that’s understandable most of the time, on some occasions, it’s quite unacceptable.One of the best examples of that would be this Redditor’s story. The woman received a phone call before Christmas from the funeral home where she had laid her husband to rest a few years prior. While initially it seemed like a nice gesture that pleasantly surprised her, the emotions quickly changed when this turned into a sales pitch. Scroll down to read the full story!More info: …

Pete Davidson dropped his third hourlong stand-up special (and second for Netflix) in the early hours of Jan. 9. Titled Pete Davidson: Turbo Fonzarelli, it’s far and away his most confident, assured, and hilarious one yet, featuring rapid-fire jokes about everything from a Make-A-Wish scenario gone awry and navigating his stalker to a confusing childhood crush on Titanic-era Leonardo DiCaprio. Early on in the special, directed by Jason Orley in stark black and white, the former Saturday Night Live cast member…

Even though Tatum O’Neal said that she and her father, Ryan O’Neal, had overcome some of the conflicts in their stormy relationship and were on “good terms” when he died on Dec. 8, she reportedly did not receive an invitation to his funeral over the weekend. Neither did her younger brother, Griffin O’Neal, or her younger half-brother, Redmond O’Neal, Griffin O’Neal said in an interview with the New York Post. Both Griffin and Redmond O’Neal also had volatile relationships with the “Love Story” actor, who was as well known…

Thousands of mourners converged on St. Mary of the Rosary Church in Nenagh, Ireland, on Friday to pay their respects to the late Pogues frontman, Shane MacGowan. MacGowan died of complications from pneumonia on Nov. 30. Those in attendance included Nick Cave, Johnny Depp, Bob Geldoff, and Ireland’s President, Michael D. Higgins, according to Sky News. MacGowan’s sister, Siobhan MacGowan, told the congregation that her brother’s veins had run “with Irish blood.” Cave performed the Pogues song “A Rainy Night in…