In a classy move certain to enrage fans while boosting sales, the National Enquirer has published a photo of Whitney Houston's open casket this week. The image of the late pop diva was purportedly ...

Ahead of Saturday's funeral, the coffin of Pope Francis was sealed in St Peter's Basilica on Friday evening. The three-day viewing period ended at around 7pm, signalled by a changing of the guards at ...

Re “Putting a Good Face on the Final Adieu,” Commentary, June 13: Mary Roach presents an interesting perspective on embalming and closed-casket viewing. Is the corpse really there or not, and is it ...

A New Jersey high school student who hopes to become a funeral director has surprised her classmates by arriving at her prom in an open prop coffin. Megan Flaherty says she mainly wanted to have fun ...

Pope Francis' casket has been sealed shut ahead of his funeral in a private ceremony. The pontiff's casket was closed in St. Peter’s Basilica on Friday, April 25, after three days of public visitation ...