When JD Healy and Cathee Shultz opened the Museum of Death in San Diego 30 years ago, it was out of necessity. Their passion for the concept of death resulted in an eclectic collection of items that ...

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On August 23, 1926, Hollywood’s first true megastar, Rudolph Valentino, died unexpectedly at the age of 31 in a New York hospital, at the height of his fame. His sudden death caused mass hysteria ...