Tag: Grief
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Willie Nelson talks about grief, legalizing marijuana and that Beyoncé collaboration
Willie Nelson is no stranger to confronting his mortality. The reedy-voiced country music icon has written, performed and popularized countless songs mourning loved ones, pondering the aging process or joking about being rolled up like a joint and smoked upon death. And yet, “Last Leaf on the Tree,” his 76th studio album, out this Friday,…
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Andrew Garfield gets vulnerable about grief, with support from Elmo
Andrew Garfield has inspired renewed discussion online about grief and emotion after a video of him opening up to “Sesame Street’s” Elmo drew millions of views on social media and an influx of support. A clip of Garfield talking with the Muppet, shared to X on Friday, sparked a flood of responses from social media…
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Death of Tennessee plastics plant employee in Hurricane Helene leaves a close-knit family in grief
September had been a month of celebrating Bertha Mendoza’s birthday, as well as her son’s and grandson’s. It’s now also the month she died. Mendoza, 56, was one of the employees of Impact Plastics Inc. in Erwin, Tennessee, who were swept from the open bed of a truck trying to bring her and other workers…
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Grief and anger mix as Tennessee plastic plant survivors say permission to leave came too late
Bertha Mendoza made a final call to her husband of 38 years as raging Hurricane Helene floodwaters trapped her and others at a Tennessee plastics plant. Workers have said they were allowed to leave when water was already swamping its parking lot in Erwin on Friday. In a call to her husband, Elias Mendoza, Bertha,…