Abraham Lincoln is a founding father of the American funeral industry
Abraham Lincoln embraced embalming, starting a uniquely American tradition in funerals.
Biographies
Marie Curie and Her Incredible WWI X-Ray Wagon
Physicist and Nobel prize-winner Marie Curie organized pioneering mobile x-ray units to go to the front during World War I.
Yes, Tom Petty is Dead, His Family Confirms
Full statement: pic.twitter.com/FGCVI5yIaa — Tom Petty (@tompetty) October 3, 2017 Tom Petty is dead. His family confirmed the news late Monday night on Twitter. The full announcement read: On behalf …..
Hugh Hefner Has Died At The Playboy Mansion, Naturally
“Much of my life has been like an adolescent dream of an adult life. If you were still a boy, in almost a Peter Pan kind of way, and could …..
Look at This Spot-On Portrait of Kurt Vonnegut
Just because we like it, we’re re-upping this portrait of author Kurt Vonnegut by our own Mr. Paul Hehn. This sketch was originally done for a post about Kurt Vonnegut’s marital contract …..
How Walt Rostow’s Economic Theory Helped Mire the United States in the Vietnam War
Ken Burns’s PBS series doesn’t dwell on the economic theory that got America into Vietnam and staying there: Walt Rostow’s theory that Communism held back development.
Walter Becker, Steely Dan Co-Conspirator, Is Dead at Age 67
Walter Becker — guitarist, composer, prankster, cynic and co-founder with Donald Fagen of the group Steely Dan — has died at age 67. No cause of death was announced, but Fagen …..
The Death of Princess Diana Was the Birth of Who2
Who2 was born on this day 20 years ago, when the untimely death of Princess Diana made us wish for a simple online page with details about her life and death. The day was …..
Jerry Lewis Dances in ‘Cinderfella’
Comedian Jerry Lewis has died at age 91. And if you don’t know who Jerry Lewis was, you are not alone. We had 25-year-old guests at our home tonight who …..
‘Bambi’ at 75: How It Paved the Way for Both ‘Fallout 4’ and ‘Angry Birds’
Walt Disney’s Bambi was a return to abstraction – pioneering a trajectory later taken by CGI animation and video games.