Category Archives: death

A Life Coach and Suicide

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

One thing I like about LA is that I meet so many other people that question their life choices as much as I do. I’m pretty sure that there isn’t one person in LA that hasn’t considered killing themselves at … Continue reading →

Posted in celebrities, death, funerals, Hollywood, weird | Tagged Life coach, Suicide is Painless, What Would You Do? | 18 Comments

Goodbye Whitney…

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

As you know, many people are mourning the loss of one of the greatest voices in music, Whitney Houston, and really, what a true loss it is. Since 1985, Whitney has blown us away with her incredible vocal ability and … Continue reading →

Posted in celebrities, death, funerals, Hollywood, weird | Tagged Faith Hill, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Seth Riggs, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston | 10 Comments

A Funeral or a KKK Meeting?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

Since my last two posts involved Asians, I’ve decided to stick with the Asian theme and tell you about the first time we had a Vietnamese funeral at our house. I mentioned in a previous blog that after the Vietnam … Continue reading →

Posted in death, family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged Cheech and Chong, Fool Me Once, George W Bush, KKK, Vietnamese funerals | 7 Comments

Right Hand Man

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

During my dad’s 30 years in business, there were only a few people who worked for him, but none of them for as long as his right hand man, Mr. John Fatz. He was such a regular fixture in our … Continue reading →

Posted in catholic church, death, family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged Graves Registration, The John P Donohue Funeral Home, Vietnam War | 10 Comments

I Left My Heart in San Francisco (except for Chinatown)

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

I spent this past weekend in San Francisco, my favorite city in the world. If you haven’t ever been there, you must go. If for nothing else, go for the exercise you get from walking up those freaking hills. It … Continue reading →

Posted in celebrities, death, family, Hollywood, weird | Tagged Brandy Ho's, Golden Gate Park, Hollywood Boulevard, San Francisco Chinatown, The Empress of China | 8 Comments

Unhappy Friday

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

This isn’t the typical “Happy Friday” I usually celebrate, because as I was scrolling through Facebook this morning, so I can start my day off with judging people by their status updates, I saw that someone had posted that Robert … Continue reading →

Posted in celebrities, death, family, funeral home, funerals, Hollywood, weird | Tagged Hot Rod, John Travolta, Robert Hegyes, Vinnie Barbarino, Welcome Back Kotter | 10 Comments

Dexter and Putrefaction

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

The other night I was watching Dexter, one of my favorite shows. If you’re not familiar with Dexter, it’s a show that airs on Showtime, and the main character, Dexter, played by Michael C. Hall, is a blood spatter analyst … Continue reading →

Posted in celebrities, death, family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged Dexter, Michael C Hall, Michelle Duggar, putrefying body, Six Feet Under | 7 Comments

The History of Embalming

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

I asked my dad once who invented embalming and you probably guessed it; it was the Egyptians. Everyone knows about the mummies. They were the first culture to believe in the immortality of the soul, and that the soul would … Continue reading →

Posted in death, family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged Alexander Butlerov, Dr. Frederick Ruysch, Dr. Thomas Holmes, Egyptians, embalming, funerals, Mummies, Necropolis, Wyoming Funeral Director's Association | 20 Comments

Cursing Out A Corpse

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

I’m sure everyone is familiar with Tourette Syndrome and some of the behavior that comes along with it. And it must be weird to have it, but you have to admit, extreme cases of it are pretty funny. I did … Continue reading →

Posted in catholic church, death, family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged humans barking, neurological disorders, spitting, Tourette Syndrome | 10 Comments

Crazy Runs in the Family

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Death To Hollywood

If you have read the “Quick History” page of my blog, you already know that my great grandfather was the man who started the family business. He got a lucky break with the influenza pandemic of 1918 and business took … Continue reading →

Posted in death, family, funeral home, funerals, weird | Tagged 1918 influenza pandemic, embalming, Jameson Irish whiskey, John P. Donohue Funeral home, Young Frankenstein | 9 Comments