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‘A ghost that lives with us’: Death Cafes take the sting out of the inevitable end

Free, unstructured gatherings are drawing strangers and friends into candid talks about dying, with more than 20,000 Death Cafes now held in 93 countries, organizers said.

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By Jen Christensen, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — After a potluck supper, a short guided meditation and a quick lesson in resistance singing, a couple dozen people made their way to a quiet room at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta. As a choir warmed up downstairs, they gathered – some strangers, some friends – to discuss a topic that’s normally off-limits: death. “I have had a lot of interaction and contact with death in my adult life. A…

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‘A ghost that lives with us’: Death Cafes take the sting out of the inevitable end

As a choir warmed up downstairs, they gathered – some strangers, some friends - to discuss a topic that’s normally off-limits: death.

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Friday, May 1, 2026.
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