There are a few simple rules regarding the sending of sympathy cards that you should follow, in order to avoid a social faux pas or worse, hurting someone’s feelings.

When someone we care about loses a loved one, it’s often difficult to know how to respond.

A family member says Ed Hotaling, a network news journalist and author of several books including “They’re Off! Horse racing at Saratoga,” has died.

Jean Stapleton, the stage-trained character actress who played Archie Bunker’s far better half, the sweetly naive Edith, in TV’s groundbreaking 1970s comedy “All in the Family,” has died. She was 90.

Just as we often take solace in listening to sad songs on the radio, hearing others express their pain through lyrics and music, sometimes the lyrical phrasing of a famous quotation can be comforting.