I had my first good laugh only a day after my father-in-law died. Gary’s alcoholism had blown apart everything good around him, including his relationship with his son Jason, my husband. For years, ...

FALL RIVER — Charles Auclair's visage was a serious one, stereotypically fitting for a funeral home director. But those who knew him are remembering Auclair as a warm, caring man with one great sense ...

RALEIGH -- When you head inside the City of Oaks Funeral Home and Cremations on Green Road in north Raleigh, it's clear immediately that it's not a typical funeral parlor. The business offers more ...

For a man who worked in the most somber of industries, Meade Vernon Rowe Sr. had a special knack for making people laugh. Rowe often projected his serious side as a businessman and devoted family man, ...

Despite our penchant for gross-out comedies, Americans do not have a monopoly on bad taste. Take "Death at a Funeral" -- please. Set in England, performed by Brits and directed by Frank Oz, an ...

I’ll confess that I sometimes feel bad about how often I laughed when it came time to tell others that my mother was dying of cancer. But there was a sick irony to it: she’d been a smoker her whole ...

WASHINGTON – Amid the hymns, prayers, tears and tributes for George H.W. Bush at his state funeral Wednesday, there was also plenty of laughter. That's befitting of a man who loved to laugh, ...

Death at a Funeral: Black comedy. Starring Matthew Macfadyen, Rupert Graves, Peter Dinklage, Daisy Donovan and Alan Tudyk. Directed by Frank Oz. (R. 90 minutes. At Bay Area theaters.) The best British ...