Updates July 19: ABQ Death Cafe Online Flag Replacement Ceremony at Historic Fairview Cemetery July 1: Virtual Visits, a Reimagine Festival Conversation How to Scatter Ashes on Sandia Mountain 2020 Mortality Salience with Ernest Becker Scholars Back by Popular Demand: Funny Death T-shirts!

Topics: Death, Aging and Senior Life, Aging Boomers, Aging/Parents, Death Panels, Amazing Grace, Comedy, Death/Dying, End-of-life Discussions

About: Gail Rubin, CT, is a pioneering death educator who starts serious conversations with humor and funny films. She's a speaker, author, TV/radio host and Certified Funeral Celebrant. Her motto: 'Talking about sex won't make you pregnant, and talking about funerals won't make you dead.' As The Doyenne of Death (R), she helps families reduce stress, minimize conflict, save money and create a meaningful, memorable 'good goodbye.' She's the author of A GOOD GOODBYE: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don't Plan to Die, KICKING THE BUCKET LIST: 100 Downsizing and Organizing Things to Do Before You Die, and HAIL AND FAREWELL: Cremation Ceremonies, Templates and Tips. She also created The Newly-Dead Game (R) to help families learn their loved ones' last wishes. Albuquerque Business First named her one of their 2019 Women of Influence. Download a free planning form and 50-point Executors Checklist at www.AGoodGoodbye.com.