J. B. Staniforth

Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 10:00 PM UTC

America’s next top mortician: “It really improves your life to be around corpses”

"Ask a Mortician," Caitlin Doughty's popular, droll web series, has an agenda: to get us to embrace our mortality

J. B. Staniforth 15 Topics: mortality, caitlin doughty, morticians, viral videos, Ask a Mortician, Death, YouTube

J.B. Staniforth's book "Real Rock & Roll Tonight: The Rise and Fall of Canada's Greatest Band" will be published next month by Invisible Publishing. He lives in Montreal and reports on Aboriginal issues.

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