At death's fabulous door. (the Buzz)."I WANT TO BE THE MARTHA STEWART <noinclude></noinclude> Martha Stewart (born Martha Helen Kostyra on August 3, 1941) is an American business magnate, author, editor and homemaking advocate. She is also a former stockbroker and fashion model. of the death industry," Tyler Cassity says with a sniff of irony and a sly grin. "But I need more than five hours of sleep a night." Cassity, 32, has planned funerals; he has pondered how to best showcase coffin and urn displays. And now he's the protagonist of a new documentary, The Young and the Dead, airing May 19 on HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy , right after Six Feet Under. "We were expecting Vincent Price, and instead we got a quiet, intellectual movie star," says director Shari Springer Berman, whose film chronicles Cassity's journey from aspiring novelist to death-care industry innovator and shows how he and his childhood friends turned a legendary and decrepit de·crep·it adj. Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use. See Synonyms at weak. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d Hollywood cemetery
Cassity owns and operates several cemeteries, including the mother lode in Los Angeles--Hollywood Forever, a 62-acre resting spot, adjacent to Paramount Studios, for greats like Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Jr., Nelson Riddle, Jayne Mansfield, John Huston, Cecil B. DeMille Noun 1. Cecil B. DeMille - United States film maker remembered for his extravagant and spectacular epic productions (1881-1959) Cecil Blount DeMille, DeMille , Tyrone Power, and Janet Gaynor. "I've come to realize it's a gift to spend time with death," Cassity philosophizes. "It revitalizes your sense of self and your sense of life." |
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