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by BEL JACOBS - Thursday, October 2, 2008 Bone idols: Mexico's Day of the Dead is a colourful way of remembering lost loved ones The Mexicans may have their Day of the Dead but the West is more cagey about the idea of kicking the bucket. It's something we all have in common but it still takes us by surprise. A new book, Thinning The Herd, celebrates the sublime and the ridiculous that happens when a life ends. In extracts from the book, we tip our hats in particular to the famous - and the sometimes unusual ways in which they met their end. ATTILA THE HUN (406-453) was one of history's most notorious villains. By 450, he had conquered Asia, destroying every village in his path and pillaging the countryside from Mongolia to the outer edges of the Russian Empire. He died of a nosebleed on his wedding night. The men who buried... [read full story]
