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What connects Fredéric Chopin, Marcel Proust and Jim Morrison? A final resting place

6:00am April 28, 2025

The Secret Life of a Cemetery is a paean to the renowned Parisian cemetery, Père Lachaise. There, 10,000 visitors a day seek the graves of some 4,500 notable figures.

Culture

Guided nighttime tours explore history of Boone cemetery

3:15pm October 11, 2022

by Keri Brown

The town of Boone is celebrating its 150th

Ernest Robison said he began crafting a bronze sculpture of his deceased son for his "own comfort." But the resulting statue and the attention it has drawn have inspired Robison and his wife to launch a nonprofit that helps people obtain free or low-cost

National

A father's grief inspires a touching headstone for his disabled son

5:30am July 07, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Ernest Robison's son, Matthew, never walked or jumped. But after the boy's death, Robison said, "I got the idea that he would just be able to rise physically from his wheelchair and go up to heaven."