DEAR ABBY: After many years living near and helping my parents, I moved to another state to retire. My dad died three months after I moved. I begged my mother to let me fly back and help her with his arrangements, but she insisted I stay put. Some weeks later, and two days after we … Read more
When *Mel married *James, the man she thought was the love of her life, her world came crashing around her that same year. “Soon after the wedding, my mom passed away suddenly – she was only 49,” the Adelaide woman tells Kidspot. “We were very close. After she passed away, it was like I was in a trance for … Read more
He had a grandfather-slam breakfast. A Lincolnshire, UK, mom was “mortified” after walking into her living room to find her 1-year-old son devouring his grandpa’s cremated ashes, detailing the post-mortem dust-up in a viral TikTok video. “I’m still trying to process it,” an aghast Natasha Emeny told Caters News Service. The Lincoln resident had popped … Read more
What’s worse than desecrating someone’s remains? Desecrating something with their remains. A tourist “urned” the ire of cultural preservationists after she was spotted sprinkling a loved one’s ashes at Peru’s Machu Picchu. The clip was originally posted to TikTok by Peruvian tour operator IncaGo Expeditions but was taken down amid the fierce backlash. The unidentified … Read more
Disney is for spreading magic, not ashes. On an episode of the “Las Culturistas” podcast, Ariana Grande revealed her mom’s wishes to have her ashes spread at Disney World — but her wish will likely never be fulfilled. Grande, 31, was discussing landmark attractions at Disneyland and Disney World with hosts Bowen Yang and Matt … Read more
Wonder what kind of wine you’d pair with that. A Canadian widow has written a gripping memoir, in which she details consuming her late husband’s ashes soon after learning he’d had a number of affairs and sought the company of several high-priced escorts. Mom and essayist Jessica Waite’s husband Sean died in 2015 while on … Read more
Families on trips to Disneyland may have unwittingly found themselves floating through the ashes of Whoopi Goldberg’s mother on the classic It’s a Small World ride. Goldberg disclosed that she and her late brother, Clyde, spread her mother’s ashes inside the beloved Disney attraction shortly after she died in 2010. “No one should do this. … Read more
It’s a sauce-y confession. The hosts of an Australian radio show were left horrified after a woman called into their program, claiming that she fed her grandmother’s ashes to her brother as a “prank.” The woman, known only as Cheyenne, made the macabre confession on Tuesday’s episode of “Fifi, Fev & Nick,” saying she and … Read more
The memory remains. Metallica frontman James Hetfield has revealed a new tattoo in memory of late rocker Lemmy — using some of the Motörhead star’s ashes. Hetfield, 60, showed off the tattoo — featuring Motörhead famous “Ace of Spades” logo — made with “black ink mixed with a pinch of his cremation ashes that were … Read more
A woman and her pet cat had their ashes blasted off into space. Elizabeth Garcia and her husband John spent a lot of their time traveling around the world, but never got the chance to visit space — until now. Elizabeth, born in St. Albans, had a heart condition that estimated she had two years … Read more
It was a wheel-y sentimental trip. A British woman sent her beloved pet hamster to that spinning wheel in the sky by traveling more than 1,500 miles with his ashes on a tour of his favorite places. Lisa Murray-Lang, 47, carried Spud in a locket around her neck to visit the Louvre, Buckingham Palace, the … Read more
Shannen Doherty has clear end-of-life plans. On Monday’s episode of the “Charmed” alum’s “Let’s Be Clear” podcast, Doherty, who is currently battling stage IV breast cancer, spoke with her guest, her best friend and executor of her will, Chris Cortazzo, about death. “This is such a morbid conversation, but it’s also so fun,” she admitted. … Read more
Sandra Bullock honored her late partner Bryan Randall on what would’ve been his 58th birthday. The movie star’s sister and Food Network host, Gesine Bullock-Prado, made an Instagram post on Saturday, claiming that Sandra honored his wishes and spread his ashes at Snake River in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. “Happy birthday, Bry. Sandy brought you to the … Read more
A couple traveling around Australia received the shock of their lives when they found a bottle washed up on a beach in far north Queensland with a note. Instead of finding a love letter, Rick and Crystal, found the ashes of a man called Geoffrey. As Rick shook out what he thought was sand in … Read more
Here’s one way to spread your late loved one’s remains. A pair of popular TikTok users discovered that someone was selling an urn of human ashes on Facebook Marketplace and decided they needed to have it. TikTokers Lauren Eliza and Mark tracked down and bought the human remains for $30. Mark, who runs a “Marketplace … Read more
“Euphoria” star Angus Cloud was too “traumatized” to help scatter his dad’s ashes just one week before his own untimely death, family friends have revealed. Cloud, 25, died Monday morning at home in Oakland, California. His mom, Lisa Cloud, reportedly called 911, saying her actor son had suffered a “possible overdose” and was without a … Read more
He was her best spud, err, bud. After spending about $4,500 scattering his ashes in Hawaii last year, a heartbroken pet owner is taking the last of her late hamster on a priceless holiday vacay. Lisa Murray-Lang, 47, said her Syrian hamster, Spud, loved “visiting” London, Paris and Amsterdam by way of dollhouse-like cardboard cutouts. … Read more
Singer Pink was left momentarily speechless during a recent concert when a fan threw a bag of their mother’s cremated remains on-stage. Pink was four songs into her headlining set at the British Summer Time festival in London’s Hyde Park, when she picked up a large pouch of white powder that had been put on … Read more
The United Launch Alliance recently announced it’s targeting May for the inaugural launch of its highly anticipated Vulcan Centaur rocket, which is expected to carry everything from satellites to human ashes into space. The Vulcan Centaur rocket has faced years of delays following the slower-than-anticipated development of powerful engines and requirements for when the moon lander can … Read more
Her kinky carry-on is not gonna fly. An Australian law student was caught passing through airport security with her dead boyfriend’s ashes hidden in a wearable sex toy, she said in viral TikTok video. Sarah Button, 23, was about to board a flight in the United Arab Emirates while wearing a butt plug in her … Read more