Cremation is now the most popular option for final disposition. Cremation was used in 54 percent of deaths in 2019, according to the National Funeral Directors Association. They project that to rise ...

In his half-century in the death business, Richard Moylan has never experienced years like these. As president of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery, he spends his days managing the historic site where ...

The thought of death alone is riddled with anxieties, especially pertaining to what happens after we die. Many people across the globe subscribe to some form of spiritual belief system to deal with ...

According to the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), 56 percent of Americans who died in 2020 were cremated. That's more than twice the rate two decades ago. From The Washington Post: ...

At 9 p.m. on New Year’s Day, Samantha Sieber was in her pajamas and watching a movie with her kids when the first call about Desmond Tutu came in. “I answered my cell phone, and it was BBC World News, ...

Cremation outpaced traditional burial in the U.S. for the first time in 2015. Here, a cremation urn is shown. When Robert Boetticher, Jr., was in mortuary school in the 1980s, his teachers barely ...

Cremation is now the most common burial choice in the U.S., but it’s not always what most people actually want. It’s often ...

Facing a grave cancer diagnosis, Cameron Campbell takes solace in knowing his loved ones will heed his wishes to be cremated after he dies. Campbell, 70, views his preference as more respectful of the ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — One universal experience every person on this planet will experience is death. So what do you want to happen to your body after you die? If your response is cremation, you are not ...