In 1966, Terry Murphy walked into his new job with Life Magazine in Los Angeles and noticed a stack of untouched magazines in a closet by his office. The issue, from Nov. 29, 1963, had sure-fire ...

We don’t think about death enough. How’s that for an opening sentence? Talk about an invitation to scroll down. Or up. Or anywhere else to avoid reading, and thinking, about death. But here’s my ...