Post Mortem Archive: Grief

Get the Bad News Over With

T. Rees Shapiro, an obit desk and Post Mortem contributor, writes: British novelist Jon Canter had some interesting observations on the London Guardian Web site the other day about "bad news." He wrote: "The fact is, death - currently, of British soldiers in Afganistan - is the top news story...

Maria Shriver on Grief

Maria Shriver knows about grief, given all the tragedies that have afflicted her extended family over the years. Like most in the large Kennedy family, she's been private about her losses but she made an exception Tuesday when at a conference about women, she talked about dealing with the death...