"O Captain! My Captain! Our fearful trip is done." These evocative lines from Walt Whitman's famous poem encapsulate the emotional weight many of us feel when confronted with the end of a life journey ...

A funeral song is often one of the most poignant moments of a ceremony, and Americans want to ensure it's truly unforgettable. New research conducted by Talker Researcher surveyed 2,000 American ...

The service at Westminster Abbey included one of Queen Elizabeth's wedding hymns, 'The Lord’s my Shepherd' Brenton Blanchet is an Associate Editor on PEOPLE's TV team. He has been working at PEOPLE ...

Often described as the universal language, music has been a way to bring people together since the dawning of time, in joy and through grief. Earlier this week, an article noted that some bereaved ...

We asked folks on-air during The Record and on social media for their afterlife theme song. This is the playlist that came about as a result. Oddly enough, nobody mentioned Frank Sinatra's "My Way." ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Godfather of Soul, Michael Jackson, Elvis, Janis, Prince, and, now, Aretha: The funerals and public memorials of music royalty have been as varied as the work they created, from ...

Like a lot of other people, Def Leppard singer Joe Elliott has given some thought to the songs he'd like playing at his funeral — and his picks probably won't come as much of a surprise to longtime ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...