Thoreau on Death

Thoreau:

"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and die with their song still inside them."

"Days End" Poem - Is Death Sleep?

"Days End" by Alden Nowlan


The last 2 lines read:

"I am young and strong but a great weariness is upon me --
  I would be willing to die now if I were sure that death is sleep."

Levon Helm RIP

Dick Clark RIP

"Win A Free Funeral!" - Say What!? - What Does A Funeral/Burial Cost?

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Whodunit; The Plot Thickens - Death Humor, The Argyle Sweater

Titanic Cemetery for Burial of Titanic Dead

Of all the dead from the Titanic, 169 of them are buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.  121 of those are in Fairview Lawn Cemetery, a non-denominational cemetery run by the Parks Department of the Halifax Regional Municipality.  The graves form the design of a ship's bow.
Of 2,223 passengers 1,517 died, and most of those were behind a locked gate in third class.  Hundreds if not thousands of families were destroyed and devastated.  Of 899 crew members, 685 of them died.