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BellaOnline Life Clock - Onine quiz yields estimated life span according to various factors.

Brain Injury and Brain Death Resources - A resource including the Japanese controversy, diagnosing, persistent vegetative state and religious views.

Bruce Goddard - Funeral director from Reynolds, Georgia, available as a public speaker on the lighter side of being a small town undertaker.

Contemplate death if you want to learn how to live... - An archive of articles from various sources on ways of dealing with death.

Day4Death.com - Uses mortality and life expectancy tables to estimate the likely day, place, and cause of death.

Dead or Alive? - Lists famous people and whether they are dead or alive.

Death and Dementia - Internet resource on dementia and death.

Death and Dying - The process from a Buddhist perspective.

Death: Anytime coming soon - Thoughts on death from Osho, a mystic.

The Death Clock - The Internet's friendly reminder that life is slipping away, second by second.

Death Database - Provides statistics and information about the events that kill people. Includes a discussion forum.

Death in Cyberspace - A social and cultural analysis of the development of funeral and mourning practices on the internet.

Death, Life and the Question of Identity - Explores the way identity is affected by the inevitablity of death.

Death, Loss and Bereavement - Articles on how to deal with death and suicide, and how to communicate with others about serious illness.

Death Online - What happens when people die, and the ways that people deal with death. Includes articles, links and video.

Death Timer - Lifespan calculator uses published global life expectancy statistics.

Encyclopedia of Death and Dying - Covers all aspects of death and dying - biological, medical, social, sociological, psychological, religious, and philosophical.

Epitaphs and Poems about Death - A collection by Nicholas Gordon.

Famous Dead Database - List of well-known people with cause of death.

The Final Journey - Stories of death and dying which deal with the actual time of death including terminal delirium, agitation, pain control, confusion, and hallucinations.

Is there Death after Life? - Asks if death is a key unlocking the door to a mystical afterlife, saying God has the answer.

Kearl's Guide to Sociological Thanatology - Articles and resources about the sociology of death and dying.

Last Meals by R. A. Barrington: Celebrate Your Freedom - R. A. Barrington essay compares and contrasts the experiences of death-row prisoners with the prospect of death by terrorism.

Last Rights - Examines the way Americans meet the needs of terminally ill people with series of newspaper articles from Scripps Howard News Service.

Life after Death - Considers various evidence for and against the existence of an afterlife.

Life in the World Unseen - E-book recounts life in the spirit world as received through mediums.

Living Dying - E-book offers alternative view on disease, illness, living and dying.

New Englander and Yale Review - "Euthanasia: The Pleasures of Dying" - An 1891 journal article by E. P. Buffet, M. D., asserting that death is painless and not to be feared.

Online Course in Basic Death Investigations - How to investigate a death to determine cause, either natural or criminal.

Our Daily Dead - Provides an ongoing commentary on recent notable deaths.

The Resurrector - About all aspects of brain death: viewpoints, pathology, diagnosis, and therapy.

Roadside America - Pet Cemetery - A listing of offbeat pet cemeteries in the United States. Includes morbid facts.

Seeing the Difference: Conversations on Death and Dying - Interdisciplinary conversations on death and dying, including perspectives from the arts, humanities, and medicine. Sponsored by UC Berkeley's Townsend Center for the Humanities.

Suite 101 - Death is discussed as the last stage of human growth and development.

Taphophilia - A repository of morbid curiosities.

The Temple of Azrael - Virtual memorial to the Arch-Angel Azrael, with cemetery photos.