--- title: Death | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/tag/death/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/tag/death/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Death ## Death *  Mar 4, 2019 ## [How a Common Death Ritual Made It Harder to Mourn the Loss of My Mother](https://time.com/5542117/death-embalming-preservation-cremation-mourning/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Sallie Tisdale *  Sep 6, 2018 ## [Why You Can Look Forward to Being Happier in Old Age](https://time.com/5363067/aging-happiness-old-age-psychology/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Apr 3, 2018 ## [A Sudden Loss of Wealth Increases Your Chances of Death](https://time.com/5225387/wealth-loss-early-death/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Feb 22, 2018 ## [Mimi O’Donnell: Forgiveness Helped Me Heal After Philip Seymour Hoffman’s Death](https://time.com/5168318/philip-seymour-hoffman-opioid-crisis-forgiveness-mimi-odonnell/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Mimi O'Donnell *  Feb 15, 2018 ## [How to Become Less Afraid of Death](https://time.com/5159892/how-to-become-less-afraid-of-death/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Jeffrey Kluger *  Jan 18, 2018 ## [These Three Words Helped Me Understand My Father’s Death](https://time.com/5108172/kelly-corrigan-understanding-death/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Kelly Corrigan *  Jul 13, 2017 ## [More Americans Than Ever Are Choosing to Be Cremated](https://time.com/4853150/cremation-rate-us-50-percent/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Josh Sanburn *  Apr 25, 2017 ## ['Every Day Is Like a Week': Sheryl Sandberg on How to Recover When the Worst Happens](https://time.com/4751200/sheryl-sandberg-option-b-grieving-advice/) by Diane Tsai and Belinda Luscombe *  Apr 21, 2017 ## [I Was My Mother's Drug Mule](https://time.com/4750292/annabelle-gurwitch-mother-drug-mule/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Annabelle Gurwitch *  Apr 13, 2017 ## [Sheryl Sandberg's New Mission: To Help People Through Grief and Adversity](https://time.com/4737324/sheryl-sandberg-grief/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by TIME Staff *  Mar 29, 2017 ## [We Should Educate Incarcerated Juveniles](https://time.com/4716377/we-should-educate-incarcerated-juveniles/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by The Aspen Institute *  Feb 23, 2017 ## [Eating More of This Will Make You Live Longer](https://time.com/4680193/eat-fruits-vegetables-live-longer/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Alexandra Sifferlin *  Dec 12, 2016 ## [An 8-Year-Old Has Died After Being Hit by a Falling Tombstone](https://time.com/4598173/falling-tombstone-kills-boy-arkansas/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Maya Rhodan *  Nov 15, 2016 ## [D.C. Council Approves ‘Death With Dignity' Bill for Terminally Ill Patients](https://time.com/4572377/dc-council-approves-death-with-dignity/) [U.S.](/section/us/) by Josh Sanburn *  Oct 24, 2016 ## [30% of Cancer Deaths Are Due to Smoking](https://time.com/4542672/smoking-cigarettes-cancer-death/) [HEALTH](/section/health/) by Mandy Oaklander ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/death/","name":"Death"}}]}] ```