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Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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The Resume

    (July 8, 1926-August 24, 2004)
    Wrote 'On Death and Dying' (1969) and 20 other books about death
    Identified the Five Stages of Grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance

Why she might be annoying:

    She claimed to have had out-of-body experiences and described them as 'The highlight of my life.'
    She claimed that four spirits named Salem, Ankh, Mario and Willie were her guides and mentors.
    She invited Jay Barham, a medium who claimed to channel 'afterlife entities' and facilitate sexual intercourse between these entities and the living, to her retreat in California.
    A widow at her retreat having sex with one of the 'afterlife entities' turned on the lights and discovered Barham, naked except for a turban (1979).
    She continued to smoke even after suffering a stroke.

Why she might not be annoying:

    Her father took her pet rabbit to the butcher, then forced her to join the family in eating the ex-pet for dinner.
    She volunteered to care for Holocaust survivors.
    She advocated honesty and a willingness to listen on the part of doctors treating the dying.
    When she tried to establish a hospice for babies with AIDS in Virginia, her house was burned down by arsonists (1984).
    She wrote, 'If you live each day of your life right, then you have nothing to fear [from death].'

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 78.57% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 58.06% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 67 Votes: 55.22% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 50 Votes: 46.00% Annoying