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'Game Of Thrones' Star Diana Rigg Dead At 82

The legendary actor whose characters ranged from spy Emma Peel to scene-stealing Olenna Tyrell, died in her sleep, surrounded by family.
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Young Woman Who Was Declared Dead Found Breathing At Funeral Home

"What do you mean she's breathing?" the woman's stunned mother asked officials, hours after she was told her daughter had died.
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Spanish Rest Nursing Home Residents Found Abandoned, Dead In Their Beds

Soldiers have discovered coronavirus victims at multiple retirement facilities, Spain Defence Minister Margarita Robles said.
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I Lost My Husband Suddenly. Here's What Kobe Bryant's Death Taught Me About Grief.

The fact that I was shocked by a freak accident, the kind that stole my husband less than two years ago, produced a new kind of survivor’s guilt.
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Nothing Prepares You For Parenting After Your Partner Dies – Here's What I've Learned

When my husband died suddenly, the pain was raw and all-consuming for me and our son – but it does gets easier in time, writes Jo Cole.
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I Hijacked A Stranger's Grave To Help My Daughter Grieve The Father She Never Met

Being there in that space seemed to give her something I hadn’t been able to before.
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FBI Raids 'Body Broker' Company Profiting From Bodies Donated To Science

It is legal in most U.S. states to sell body parts for medical research and education.
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I Was Clinically Dead For Two Minutes. This Is What I Saw.

There was nothing unique about my death, apart from the fact I came back from it.
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How To Support A Friend Whose Loved One Is Dying

If you want to ask after someone, ask them in your normal voice, with your normal face, and be prepared for whatever the answer might be.
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