Past Articles

When Death is the New Black

Publication: Times Live
Author: Barry Ronge
Date: Oct 10, 2009

Article Excerpt:

If you were rich in this life, then I imagine you’d want to continue living with the Joneses in your next

…It’s about Forest Lawns, the Los Angeles graveyard in which some of the most famous stars are buried. As a confessed movie junkie, I once took a [...]

Halifax's Hottest Real Estate Offer: Fairview Cemetery

Publication: CTV News
Author: CTV.ca News Staff
Date: May 14, 2008

Article Excerpt:

One of the hottest real estate offers in Halifax is slightly larger than a closet and six feet below ground. Fairview Lawn Cemetery, home to 121 victims of the Titanic disaster, is offering more than a thousand plots.

The sale begins Saturday, but potential buyers like 76-year-old [...]

Scrambling for Space in Life, and Afterward

Publication: The New York Times
Author: Michael Schwirtz
Date: October 5, 2009

For the 120,000 who die every year in Moscow, finding a burial place has become a challenge.

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Britney Spears Chooses Her Own Burial Plot

Publication: iCelebZ
Date: June 10, 2008

Article Excerpt:

Britney Spears has chosen her own burial plot.

The troubled 26-year-old singer visited the Hollywood Forever Cemetery over the weekend and after looking at the graves of Marilyn Monroe and Italian actor Rudolph Valentino, decided she wants to be laid to rest there.

A source told Britain’s Daily Star newspaper: “Britney is [...]

Taking Care of Business, One Woman's Blog About Her Final Arrangements

Renee Winnipeg from Manitoba, Canada shares on her blog “Circling My Head” her experience while visiting a funeral home and selecting some of her final arrangements. She breaks down the costs of her funeral in the article, and talks about her feelings about the event.

“This is my third time going as I went in May [...]

Rough Economy: Soap Opera Actress Selling Cemetery Plots

Publication: CNBC
Author: Jane Wells
Date: October 2, 2008

Article Excerpt:

You want to know how rough the economy is? Emmy award winning actress Judi Evans has made a career in soap operas–a talented actress with a great sense of humor, who has the uncanny ability to cry on demand.

Here’s her page on IMDB.com But work is drying up. [...]

Paved Paradise: Cemeteries in Parking Lots

Publication: Roadside Resort.com
Author: Wesley Treat
Date: October 15, 2008

Article Excerpt:

While I was researching the “Cemetery Safari” chapter for my upcoming book Weird Oklahoma, I came across an unusual burial site west of Tulsa that was entirely enclosed within a strip-mall parking lot. Once sacred ground, it’s now a conspicuous patch of grass in a sea of [...]

Sell or Buy a Cemetery Plot on eBay?

Sell your Cemetery Plot on Ebay

Individuals and businesses have been using Ebay’s online auctions as a source to buy and sell a variety of goods and services since it’s founding in the mid 90′s. Millions of collectibles, decor, appliances, computers, furnishings, equipment, vehicles have been sold and more are listed every day.

But how about [...]

Michael Jackson's Burial: Details On Forest Lawn Mausoleum

Publication: MTV
Author: Eric Ditzian
Date: September 04, 2009

Article Excerpt:

On Thursday evening (September 3), during a private ceremony for family and close friends, Michael Jackson was laid to rest at Forest Lawn cemetery in Glendale, California, inside an enormous structure called the Great Mausoleum.

The building’s architectural design was inspired by the Campo Santo in Italy, an elaborate [...]