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              Careers in Death Care

              September 2, 20175300 views
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              August 19, 20205012 views
            3. Funeral Traditions from Ireland: How the Irish Embrace Death

              March 15, 20204577 views
            4. 10 Death Positive TV Series to Stream Now

              April 12, 20204535 views
      • Culture & Politics
          • How Horror Movies Show the True Terror of Grief  A person in distressed blood-spattered clothing wearing a mask annihilates…
          • Death Positive Video Games Death Positive Video Games There are a growing number of death positive video games…
          • In Southern Ghana, People are Dying to Keep Their Bodies in the Morgue In Southern Ghana, People are Dying to Keep Their Bodies in the Morgue In parts of Ghana, Africa, people prefer to die in…
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