A rather sensitive subject, death. An event that saddens us and surrounds us with silence. But there are also ways that can turn a funeral into a party. If that's what you want, of course. In the gallery, take a look at the most bizarre, out-of-the-ordinary, "but you loved me..." coffins, which, even in such a sad atmosphere, would probably attract laughter from those present.
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The film world was shaken by the news of the death of the American-Canadian director George A. Romero, who made his mark on the big screen with films about zombies. His death is the result of lung cancer, which plagued the director for a long time.
2016 also saw death in the world of celebrities. We witnessed many shocking deaths that deeply shook us. Music, film and sports legends have passed away, many of them far too soon. Death doesn't make any difference, neither age nor level of popularity matters to her. Unfortunately, 2016 was a fateful year for many stars of the world's forging. Who will you miss the most?
Facebook thinks you're dead! If you've been using Facebook in the last few days, there's a good chance you've seen a mourning banner at the top of the page, with which Facebook asked loved ones and friends to remember you and celebrate your life. Many Facebook users report that Facebook has declared them dead! Is it you too? Why is Facebook full of "living dead" these days, including Mark Zuckerberg?
Are you interested in how and when you will die? One thing in life is certain. We're all going to die sometime. With the help of the interactive table, you can check how and when this will happen. The algorithm calculates the probability and cause of a person's death. How does he predict your death? You enter your gender, race, and age into the table and you'll find out when and what you're most likely to die from.
Most of us live as if death does not exist for us. Death is a taboo subject. We ignore it, we don't like to talk about it and therefore we like to overhear it. But death, like birth, is an inseparable part of life, which we are terribly afraid of. BJ Miller, who provides palliative care, that is, care that holistically treats patients with an incurable disease and offers help to their loved ones, knows what it means when death knocks on your door, but at the same time, he knows how to prepare patients for the world. Take the time to check out what it has to say about what we humans think about death and what we really want at the end of life's journey.
Designer Daan Roosegaarde installed the Smog Free Tower in Rotterdam, the world's largest vacuum cleaner that helps clean the air. But that's not all - the smog that the cleaner pulls up turns the village into jewelry. The seven-meter-tall structure, which cleans the air in its vicinity and offers some respite from dangerous levels of pollution, is also successful on Kickstarter.
Forget coffins, here are Capsula Mundi biodegradable burial capsules that grow trees. Imagine if the memory of the deceased was represented by their favorite trees instead of tombstones, and if the Day of Remembrance of the Dead was spent in a beautiful sacred forest instead of in the cemetery... Nature-friendly biodegradable burial capsules that turn the remains into trees were conceived by to the Italian company Capsula Mundi.
The thought that at the end of life's journey we all have the same station, we like to push away in our everyday lives. But some famous people have also died with style and humor, as evidenced by our selection of their meaningful last words. You can decide for yourself whether they are true or just the fruit of legends.
Music legend Lou Reed has died at the age of seventy-one. A musician who marked musical history with his work died yesterday on Long Island.