Krystle Johnson said her family planned to hold an open-casket funeral after her mother-in-law died July 31 at a hospice facility. But after making arrangements with McDermott’s Funeral Home and ...

What was supposed to be an open casket funeral for a New York mother-of-two who died in her sleep quickly turned into a nightmare when the family discovered maggots crawling on the badly decomposed ...

The head of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Irinej, died in a Belgrade hospital on Friday after contracting coronavirus, according to a statement from the church. Irinej, who was 90, led an ...

WARREN, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - A picture of an open casket on display at Butcher Park in Warren has gone viral on social media. A Warren resident who did not want to be identified lives nearby and said ...

Grieving Celine Dion has joined fans to mourn her husband René Angélil at open casket visitation for the public to pay respects at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal. Grieving Celine Dion has joined fans ...

HILLSIDE, New Jersey (WABC) -- A heartbroken family from New Jersey who recently said goodbye to a loved one is now grappling with even more emotional pain. Paula Smith died from COVID-19 at just 60 ...

For most artists, there is an expectation of immutability with the creation of any piece — whether on public display in a museum or simply bound to the confines of a canvas, traditional art has an ...

The digital community was left in shock after leaked footage from Junior King’s open-casket viewing began circulating online, sparking widespread outrage over the lack of privacy While family and ...

Open Casket, by Dana Schutz, on display in 2017. Photo: Benjamin Norman/The New York Times/Redux Before Dana Schutz’s Open Casket (2016) came to the Whitney Biennial, the painting was displayed nearly ...

Queen Elizabeth’s coffin, made more than 30 years ago, is lined with lead. Royal family members are usually buried in lead-lined coffins so that the body can be better preserved. Lead helps prevent ...

Jesus Arias Villa and Karina Chavez Vargas were laid in their caskets dressed in wedding attire. Pink, white and red flowers decorated the altar. During the Valentine's Day viewing at Alta Vista ...