Samuel Ashworth’s “The Death and Life of August Sweeney” is a novel concerned with viscera and the flesh. It begins with Sweeney — a gargantuan chef, of considerable appetites — discovering the source ...

After the couple were found dead in their New Mexico home Wednesday, they were “transported to the Office of the Medical Investigator,” the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a news release.

The death of a star casts a long shadow, captivating millions. Yet, beneath the public mourning often lies a far grittier reality. Autopsies, designed to reveal the cause of death, frequently expose ...

Death is always tragic, and the death of a celebrity can indeed affect many people. While it is true that many stars have died in bizarre circumstances, we've only discovered how unusual some of these ...

The very public sharing of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s health details raises ethical questions over privacy. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been following news of the deaths of actor Gene ...

Michael Jackson was "very frail" when he died, aged 50. Celebrities have made their mark across the world, loved by fans for different reasons. Big names such as Michael Jackson and Robin Williams ...

About 60 pregnancies per day in the U.S. end in stillbirth. The best way to find out why a stillbirth occurred is a fetal autopsy – yet these procedures are performed in only 1 in 5 of the over 20,000 ...