A one-bedroom vacation condo on St. Thomas was heaven for a writer when she was growing up. But what did the place mean after her parents were gone?
Category: Death and Dying
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On TikTok, Some Grieved Liam Payne’s Death With Reaction Videos
On TikTok, some users posted videos of themselves learning about Liam Payne’s death in real time. At a time when the cameras are always rolling, it’s not so unusual.
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Al Pacino Is Still Going Big
A conversation with the legendary actor about, well, everything.
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Pedro Almodóvar, Master of Mystifying Films, Wrote a Book He Can’t Classify
In “The Last Dream,” the Spanish director offers insights into his complicated relationship with creativity and mortality.
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Exit Here and Other Funeral Homes Take a Modern and Aesthetic Approach to Death
Modern, even hip, mortuaries around the world are hoping to answer one question: How do we commemorate death in 2024?
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Monet, Taylor Swift, ‘Moana’: What Got Readers Through Their Grief
After our series on how artists have been affected by loss, we asked readers what helped them when they experienced it. These are 15 of their answers.
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My Late Husband’s 50th College Reunion
A weekend of pickleball, scrambled eggs and tributes to the dead.
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How a Death Doula Throws a Dinner Party
At the Baroque guesthouse she runs in Portugal, Rebecca Illing hosted old friends for a meal suffused with nostalgia.
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Finding Cash All Over the House When a Parent Dies
Older people who stash large sums of cash in their homes think it’s safer there than anyplace else. But they could be creating huge headaches for their heirs.
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Con anillo de compromiso, pero sin novio
El corazón sigue amando mucho después de que el objeto de su afecto ha partido.
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An Engagement Ring, but No Fiancé
The origin of the word betrothed is “truth,” but my ring was a lie.
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10 Artists on Living and Creating Through Grief
Jesmyn Ward, Bridget Everett, Sigrid Nunez and seven other writers, actors, musicians and filmmakers talk to us about grief — how they’ve experienced it and how it has changed them.