Funerals and Memorials
A Sovereign’s Final Journey, in Photos
Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin began its journey on Sunday, traveling from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh. The queen, who died on Thursday, Sept. 8, lay in rest in Edinburgh until Tuesday afternoon. Her coffin was flown to London on Tuesday evening to lie in state ahead of her funeral on Monday at Westminster Abbey. On Monday, […]
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How a Flight Attendant Became a Funeral Planner in the Covid Era
HONG KONG — Before she became a funeral planner, Connie Wong was a flight attendant for a Hong Kong airline. The sudden end of a career she had cherished for six years brought its own kind of grief, she said. It was one of many such losses experienced by residents of the Chinese territory. Hong […]
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At Ivana Trump’s Funeral, a Gold-Hued Coffin and the Secret Service
In death, as in life, her famous former husband loomed over Ivana Trump’s story. On Wednesday afternoon, when a funeral was held for Ms. Trump at an Upper East Side Catholic church, former President Donald J. Trump, along with his current wife, Melania, was there, seated in the front row, across from their three children: […]
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Dead but Not Buried, Angola’s Ex-President’s Body Sparks a Continental Fight
LUANDA, Angola — Even in death, Angola’s longtime ruler, José Eduardo dos Santos, is at the center of political infighting. The former president died in Barcelona on July 8 at the age of 79, but when and where he will be buried has set off a cross-continental fight that has pitted the Angolan government and […]
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‘It’s Like Parallel Realities’: Rituals of Life and Death Blur in a Vibrant Ukrainian City
LVIV, Ukraine — The tiny wail of newborn babies echoes out from the incubators and cribs lining a small room with mint green walls in a maternity hospital in Lviv. Twenty-seven years ago, Liliya Myronovych, the chief pediatrician in the neonatal department, delivered a baby boy, Artemiy Dymyd, here. Last week, she watched out the […]
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Ukraine’s Death Workers: ‘If You Take It All Close to Heart, You Go Mad’
LVIV, Ukraine — For many Ukrainians facing Russia’s invasion, there is hope the daily battles can be won: A soldier may beat back his enemies. A rescuer might miraculously pull a survivor from rubble. A doctor could save a life. But in one line of work, also deeply affected by this war, grief seems like […]
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Palestinian Inquiry Accuses Israel of Intentionally Killing Al Jazeera Journalist
RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority announced on Thursday its final findings from a two-week investigation into the killing of a veteran Palestinian-American journalist, again accusing Israeli soldiers of intentionally killing her. The Authority’s attorney general said at a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah that an Israeli soldier shot the […]
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Biden Extols Mondale as ‘One of the Great Giants of American History’
WASHINGTON — President Biden paid tribute on Sunday to former Vice President Walter F. Mondale, hailing “one of the great giants of American history” who inspired him and many other Americans to believe in public service even in dark times. Mr. Biden flew to Minneapolis for a memorial service that had been postponed for a […]
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Biden to Lead Tributes to Madeleine Albright
WASHINGTON — President Biden and much of the nation’s top leadership will gather on Wednesday to pay tribute to former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright at a time when the West is confronting the very rise of authoritarianism she often warned about. Mr. Biden, who is leading an international coalition backing Ukraine in its […]
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