In South Philadelphia, a funeral director who has buried many young gunshot victims tries to teach neighborhood teenagers the toll of death. More →

January 8, 2010

  LUCKY SEVERSON (guest anchor): And now a profile of a man who knows a great deal about poetry and a great deal about funerals. He is Thomas Lynch, writer and mortician, and each of his vocations enriches the other. … More →

May 4, 2001

Read more of Bob Abernethy’s interview with author and funeral director Thomas Lynch, followed by an excerpt from his book THE UNDERTAKING: LIFE STUDIES FROM THE DISMAL TRADE: BOB ABERNETHY: You have called undertaking “the dismal trade.” Is it? THOMAS … More →

May 4, 2001