Ahead of his death, Sam Cooke had quite the full life. He seemed to be an at least somewhat admirable person. He was married twice, and paid for his ex-wife’s funeral following a fatal traffic ...
Revisiting these songs reminded me why Sam Cooke’s music still matters—not just because of his extraordinary voice, but ...
While watching the live stream of the funeral back in the United States, they were shocked to discover it wasn't their loved one's body in the casket. Instead, it was a 96-year-old woman they did ...
A 96-year-old woman was in his casket. The Rivera Funeral Home in Corona Queens sent the wrong body to Guatemala, where Garcia, a Queens father and waiter, was to be buried alongside his parents.
“When my family members opened the box, the casket, they realized it wasn’t him,” Leonor Valenta said. It was a shocking discovery. While mourning the death of her children’s father, 39-year-old Elder ...