All news on the topic: Funerals

The TV star and GP revealed he wants to change the tradition of family funerals being sombre affairs

As the cause of death is still being determined, the Los Angeles county coroner has released Matthew Perry's body to his family for funeral arrangements. The family says they are "heartbroken"

Police in Detroit, Michigan, discovered the remains of 11 stillborn infants in a drop ceiling at the Cantrell Funeral Home months after it was shut down by the state department

Tim O'Sullivan has now been identified as the the man whose remains were found two decades after his death in Mallow, County Cork after Irish Gardai matched his dental records with a local clinic

A man has left people in utter disbelief after recounting the shocking truth surrounding his supposed death - and how his mum and dad reacted when they discovered he was alive

Emmerdale's Jim Millea, who played the infamous Pete Whiteley, disappeared from the spotlight following his character's gruesome demise. However the actor made a major comeback in another soap

Four years after her mum was cremated, Rachel Griffiths received a letter from the council telling her that the ashes were never put in the grave but left on a shelf

The television star and social media influencer spoke of his wishes for a simple and relaxed ceremony with music from Nirvana and Elton John

A 16-year-old high school student died suddenly after collapsing at the conclusion of a cross country race he had just finished running — a race in which he achieved his personal best time

Isaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogue president Samantha Woll's younger sister, Monica, broke down as she delivered a eulogy at the prominent activist's funeral

Police raided the Return to Nature Funeral Home facility in rural southern Colorado on October 6 after neighbours complained of a sour, rotten stench coming from the building

Rick Smales has arranged his own funeral to help ease the pressure for his boys

A woman has asked for advice after having a huge row with her mother over attending her brother's funeral, even though she has had hardly any contact with her family for years

The television presenter has told his family of his wishes but he will have a very different service from his wife Ruth

Wadea Al-Fayoume, 6, was allegedly stabbed to death by his family's landlord, Joseph Czuba, after his mother asked the man to 'pray for peace' in the Israel - Palestine conflict

Benjamin Trakeniski, 32, died helping rescue people from Be'eri in Israel, one of the first Kibbutz communities armed militants stormed and turned into a bloodbath

David Beckham and his former Manchester United team-mate Gary Neville have travelled to Scotland to attend the funeral of Sir Alex Ferguson's late wife, Lady Cathy

The mum of Alan Taylor said Spain's justice system let her down 'big time' after the driver of the BMW that mowed her son down in Majorca was acquitted in a controversial decision

Laura Whittingham, who worked as a nurse at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, died in her sleep despite everything being 'normal' the night before at her home in Weston Coyney, Stoke-on-Trent

Aria Mia Gonzalez lost her life in a collision along with Ashanti Hill and Aniyah Lewis. The teenager had beaten cancer twice but died in the car crash say cops from Kansas City Police Department

A storage facility for a "green" funeral home in Cañon City, Colorado, called Return to Nature Funeral Home was found with 115 decaying bodies after neighbours reported foul smells

A mystery that has stumped Reading, Pennsylvania, will finally be revealed this week when residents bury a mummy that has been on display in the local funeral home for more than a century

Víctor Amela, 63, held his own mock funeral and was buried alive for an hour in an effort to 'experience' death, while loved ones read eulogies at his graveside

Darren Blair's mother Margaret Mills, 65, was told her beloved son was found unconscious after sleeping in a nightclub in Hanoi, Vientam for six hours - but another witness said he was found outside the club with bruises on his face

Victor Amela has always been intrigued by death so decided to hold his own funeral for his 62nd birthday, where he was buried alive for one hour on the farm where he was born