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2011

Feb 21, 2011 - Speech gets ugly online, but it's still free

Legacy.com Guest Books and content screening cited in USAToday piece about the ugly side of free speech.

2010

May 16, 2010 - It's Never Too Late to Remember Loved Ones

Amy Dickinson advises a reader to visit Legacy.com to learn about online memorials in her syndicated "Ask Amy" column.

May 03, 2010 - Honoring our Heroes

The Saturday Evening Post features Legacy's "In Remembrance" site in an article on Memorial Day and how the way people remember those who died in battle is changing.

Apr 04, 2010 - An Online Site is a Gathering Place for Grieving

McClatchy-Tribune News story about how modern technology is helping address the ancient human desires to grieve and connect.

2009

Nov 11, 2009 - Weekly tributes give team lasting memories

ESPN profiles a high school football coach who inspires his team by remembering fallen soldiers.

Oct 10, 2009 - Death in the dot-com age

The Northwest Indiana Times examines how social networking sites and online guest books are changing the way society grieves.

Oct 10, 2009 - Dealing with grief in the dot-com age

The Northwest Indiana Times interviews the mother of a fallen soldier.

Aug 26, 2009 - Kennedy Tributes Pour In From Everyday Americans

NPR excerpts Sen. Kennedy's Legacy.com Guest Book.

Jul 01, 2009 - Better Grieving Through Technology

Media Post examines how the "Web's leading obituary site finds itself getting into social networking."

May 24, 2009 - Interactive map tool creates online memorial to U.S., coalition troops

CNN discusses new Google Earth layer, Map the Fallen, which enables users to pinpoint where each service member died and connect to his or her hometown. For each person, the tool includes a detailed profile, many of which were created by Legacy.com.

May 22, 2009 - Legacies of war dead endure

USA TODAY front page story profiles Carla Sizer who visits her son’s Legacy.com Guest Book daily. Dane was killed in Iraq in 2007 and is included on Legacy.com’s In Remembrance site honoring U.S. service members who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Feb 22, 2009 - Metro Atlanta mourners connect online to remember, grieve

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution examines the importance of online grieving, cites Legacy’s featured Guest Book for slain hiker Meredith Emerson. Also features Georgians whose Legacy Guest Books are among the most visited for 2008 and all time.

2008

Dec 15, 2008 - Top 10 Guest Books of 2008

The San Francisco Chronicle has published Legacy.com's list of the most visited Guest Books of the year.

Dec 03, 2008 - Virginia women make quilts for the families of fallen service members

Women in the Virginia Memorial Quilt Project use Legacy.com to get in touch with the families of service members from Virginia who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Oct 23, 2008 - Into Tomorrow Features Legacy.com

Consumer electronics show "Into Tomorrow" highlights Legacy Memorial Websites as a way to honor deceased friends and loved ones.

Oct 13, 2008 - Legacy.com honors Popeye creator

The Oklahoman marks the 70th anniversary of the death of Popeye creator E. C. Segar and directs readers to Legacy.com's "Lasting Legacies" feature about the cartoonist.

Oct 13, 2008 - Popeye creator celebrated on Legacy.com

The About.com animated TV blog points readers to Legacy.com to read the "Lasting Legacies" feature on cartoonist E. C. Segar.

Oct 13, 2008 - Survey finds most people have missed a funeral or memorial service

The Work Buzz, a job blog, notes that 29 percent of respondents to a Legacy.com survey say they have missed a funeral, wake or memorial service because of work.

Sep 17, 2008 - Legacy.com provides convenience, opportunity for busy people

When schedules get in the way of attending a funeral, friends and family can visit Legacy.com to pay respects, writes a Global Traveler blogger.

Aug 25, 2008 - No easy answers to tough questions about death

Orange County Register columnist points out LegacyConnect as a resource for grieving people and interviews regular LegacyConnect contributor Florence Isaacs.

Aug 05, 2008 - Words of praise pour in to Atlanta broadcaster Skip Caray's Guest Book

Two days after his death, Skip Caray received more than 1,000 messages and condolences in his Legacy.com Guest Book, reports USA TODAY.

Jul 25, 2008 - Roanoke Times editor says Legacy.com provides valuable service to newspaper clients

Carole Tarrant says newspapers can't be online without reader comments, and it's the paper's job to make sure the conversation stays civilized. When her newspaper needed assistance with screening comments in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, they turned to Legacy.com.

Jul 24, 2008 - Legacy Memorial Website created to honor police officer

A community finds comfort in a Legacy.com online memorial created to honor a police officer killed in an automobile accident.

Apr 03, 2008 - Obituaries Alive and Well Online

After news and media sites, Legacy.com is No. 2 in Internet monitor Hitwise's rankings.

Jan 29, 2008 - Prepare for your death online: 20+ helpful tools

"No one likes to think about it, but death is inevitable. After it happens, you won’t have to care about paying the electricity bill anymore, but what’ll happen to your blog, e-mail, online profiles?" asks the social networking news site Mashables.com.

Jan 28, 2008 - MSNBC.com finds that Legacy.com's bereavement policy tops what's offered by many companies

"When [employees] do get it, two to three days of paid bereavement leave is the norm for most U.S. businesses and there are no signs that will be changing any time soon. But Legacy.com offers its employees – both full- and part-time – a full week of paid leave in the event of the death of a relative."

Jan 28, 2008 - Linking to Life with Multimedia Obits

Obituary writers are experimenting with new ways of presenting obits – through video diaries, audio slideshows and blogs, online journalism portal Poynter Online reports.

Jan 14, 2008 - People find way to mourn murdered Marine Cpl. Maria Lauterbach

After the brutal rape and murder of Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Frances Lauterbach, people from around the country mourned her online, including on Legacy.com, the Jacksonville (N.C.) News reports.

2007

Nov 12, 2007 - U.K. newspaper becomes the latest Legacy.com affiliate

Midland News Association, publisher of the Express & Star and Shropshire Star, joins more than 500 other newspapers that use Legacy.com's services.

Oct 11, 2007 - "Montel" segment describes how Legacy.com helped a grieving father (video report)

The Montel show talks about how comforting the Legacy.com Guest Book has been to the father of a slain 11-year-old girl. After the show aired, entries to the Guest Book poured in from all over the country.

Oct 11, 2007 - Baseball's Jeff Reardon tells HBO's "REAL Sports" how Legacy.com helped him grieve for his son (video report)

HBO's "REAL Sports with Bryant Gumbel" talks to retired baseball relief pitcher Jeff Reardon about how he and his family coped with the death of his 20-year-old son, including writing regularly in his Legacy.com Guest Book.

Jun 04, 2007 - Fallen soldiers mourned online

The Columbus Dispatch reports a Page One story about online memorials, prominently featuring Legacy.com.

May 29, 2007 - Prayers, remembrances offered online to the Laforest family

A story about the death of U.S. Army Specialist Mathew Laforest published in New York’s Press-Republican draws extensively from entries to his Legacy.com Guest Book.

Apr 18, 2007 - Technology responds to tragedy

"Legacy.com, an online obituary service, set up a guest book for people to type in notes about the tragedy," the Seattle Times reports following the Virginia Tech shootings.

2006

Nov 05, 2006 - In Online Mourning, Don’t Speak Ill of the Dead

"Legacy, which gets more than six million visitors a month and one comment every five seconds, says it vets everything before it is posted," The New York Times reports.

Aug 31, 2006 - Websites offer mourning for youths online

"Online tributes are reshaping the way many people deal with death. Web eulogies, tributes, and memorials…" the Boston Globe reports.

Jun 03, 2006 - Grief Online

Over Memorial Day weekend, Holly Fallon wrote a letter to her only child, Eric James Andrews: "It's been three months now, today…and I still feel numb…" the Southern California Press-Enterprise reports.

May 29, 2006 - Online Memorials Bring Strangers and Friends Together in Community of Grief

"Days after his wife's death from inflammatory breast cancer in 2004, Michael Bloomer set up a Web page memorial," The Washington Post reports. "An old co-worker from Florida signed Kim Bloomer's online guest book. So did a high school classmate in Michigan."

Apr 27, 2006 - Rituals of Grief Go Online

"Just as the Web has changed long-established rituals of romance and socializing, personal Web pages on social networking sites…are altering the rituals of mourning," The New York Times reports.

Apr 24, 2006 - Speaking to the dead — digitally

"When 18-year-old Amanda Bassler caught herself thinking of her friend Joshua Reif the other day, she posted a comment on his MySpace page: ‘Missin you buddy!!! LOVE YOU SOO MUCH!!’" the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports.

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