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Michael C Hall, Lauren Ambrose, Frances Conroy and Peter Krause in Six Feet Under.

In Memoriam: ‘Six Feet Under’ Cast Eulogizes HBO’s Late, Great Reminder to Live

The concept was short and simple: a series set in a family-run funeral home. In poetic fashion, nearly every episode of HBO’s Six Feet Under begins with the end of somebody’s life. Created by Alan Ball, the show focused on the Fisher family, an emotionally repressed and highly dysfunctional clan whose lives revolved around the grief and guts of the funeral business. Within the first five minutes of the show, we have our first death, and a significant one: Nathaniel Fisher, Sr. (played by Richard Jenkins), the Fisher family figurehead, is killed when a bus smashes into the hearse he driving.
By Ashley Steves
Stephen Colbert at Story Corps

All Jokes Aside, Stephen Colbert Genuinely Loves StoryCorps

StoryCorps celebrated its 10th anniversary on Wednesday night with a fundraising dinner hosted by comedian Stephen Colbert. “You public radio types
By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke
Etan Patz's mother, Julie (holding her youngest son), and his father, Stan (far right), organizing a search effort in the days after the child's disappearance. (Photo by Allen Arpadi)

The Story of Etan Patz: Reporters Remember the Quest to Cover (and Find) Soho’s Missing Boy

On May 25, 1979—the first day his mother allowed him to walk to the bus stop alone—6-year-old Etan Patz went
By Brian Thomas Gallagher
(Photo Illo: Pawns)

The Oral History of the Oral History of Oral Histories

By Gavin Edwards
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