Only king buried in U.S. to be sent home
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After an eventful but often tragic life, Yugoslavia's last monarch ended up in an unlikely spot: entombed in an ornately decorated suburban Chicago church that was intended to be his final resting place.Comment
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By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 8--George Becker is returning home.   After decades of leadership in Pittsburgh and Washington D.C., the late steel union leader will be laid to rest Friday in his hometown, Granite City.
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Americans paused Monday to remember Martin Luther King and his legacy. A commemorative service marking the King holiday was planned at Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King was preacher from 1960 until his assassination in 1968 at age 39, and thousands of people were expected to take part in an afternoon rally and march through downtown Atlanta.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Yasser Arafat was buried Friday in the place where he spent his last years as a prisoner, buried in a huge and chaotic outpouring of grief for the man who embodied the Palestinian people&#39;s dream of statehood.
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The last king of Afghanistan, Mohammad Zahir Shah, was buried on Tuesday at a state funeral where thousands bid farewell to the monarch remembered for his peaceful reign who became known as the "father of the nation".
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Although he did not live to see Palestinian statehood, Yasser Arafat was given a funeral yesterday worthy of a head of state and attended by kings and presidents from around the world.
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Ken Lay has taken his place alongside Elvis Presley in the pantheon of people whose deaths have not been fully believed.
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They're waiting for Hrishida's  only survining son to arrive from the US before he's sent away for good to God.
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After an often tragic life, Yugoslavia's last monarch ended up in an unlikely spot: entombed in the ornately decorated St.Comment
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - Former Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas next to her dead son after an agreement was reached to end a two-week legal feud over her corpse, lawyers said on Thursday.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former dictator Augusto Pinochet, who polarizes public opinion in his native Chile in death as he did in life, will be cremated on Tuesday following a military funeral.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be buried at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah when he dies, Palestinian officials said Wednesday.
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Lloyd Washington was a member of the legendary Ink Spots from 1945 into the late 1960s, but when he died in June his family couldn't afford to bury him. For months, his ashes were kept in a box at the Ernie K-Doe Mother-in-Law Lounge.
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The body of late soul legend James Brown is moved to a tomb where it will stay until a public mausoleum is built.
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Senators are now allowed to use taxpayer dollars to travel to the funerals of service members in their home states
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida  - Former Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith will be buried in the Bahamas after most of the parties feuding over her corpse reached a deal on Thursday to lay her to rest next to her dead son.
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Yasir Arafat was laid to rest in a marble-and-stone grave today in Ramallah, on the West Bank, after his flag-draped coffin was carried through a crowd of chanting Palestinians