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Celebrating Life by Joyously Honoring Those Who Have Died. Every culture around the world has different ways to commemorate those who are no longer with us. Some are more somber than others. In Mexico the celebration of death is a vibrant and ch...

Inspiration from a Rap Legend Who Lived Both Large and Lovingly.Rapper DMX (given name: Earl Simmons) died suddenly at age 50, leaving behind a large family, a legacy of hard-hitting lyrics, and an unmistakable musical style. But aside from the trage...

2020: A Year of Great LossThis has been a year of such widespread grief and so many difficulties for all of us. Hundreds of thousands have died from COVID-19, and others have died from the wide variety of causes that take away our loved ones each yea...

How to Pay Tribute to Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgWith the passing of one known simply as RBG, we’ve lost a giant of tiny proportions, a fierce and brilliant legal mind, and a woman who fought her whole life to make our country better and more equal.&...

It was Monday, June 15, 2020. The day my restaurant died. Well, it wasn’t technically my restaurant, but it was the elegant French dining room on Manhattan's Upper East Side where I was a Maitre D. It was the restaurant where I felt at home welcoming...

A few years after someone we love has passed, many of us find ourselves wondering which is better: to celebrate their birthday or mark the anniversary of their death?  Luckily with William Shakespeare, we don’t have to decide. With regard t...