Why America is afraid to talk about death

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She's surrounded by books dedicated to keeping people alive at work, but USC health librarian Megan Rosenbloom is fascinated by death and its cultural implications. She leads an collective named Death Salon, dedicated to studying death in an academic light. Reporter Matthew Tinoco sat down with her for a chat about why death has such a bad rap in modern America.

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