I’ve loved Thomas Lynch for some years now, so I’m definitely recording this program tonight.
Lynch is an appropriate subject for both Halloween season and the PBS and NPR lovers among us. As the third-generation funeral director in a small Michigan town, and as a single father and poet, Lynch wrote several critically acclaimed books of poetry and prose on the nature of death, dying, and the body.
We’re among the first couple generations for whom the presence of the dead at their own funerals has become optional. And I see that as probably not good news for the culture at large.
Love me some Thomas Lynch, love me some PBS.
I watched this Frontline last night and I think I cried through about 80% of it. I found myself getting very emotional about the 2-year-old with CFC syndrome. It was very intense but an excellent program.
(Wow, I’m dumb. Would you mind not approving that first comment, please?)
That’s so weird.
I grew up not that far from Lynch & Sons, and most of the funerals I’ve attended have been there.
My damn DVR didn’t record the entire show (our Chicago-feed for PBS sucks) so I didn’t really get to see it. I really want to find my old copy of “The Undertaking” now.
You can watch entire episodes of Frontline on their web site. Here’s the link for The Undertaking.