‘The HuMORbid Book’: Compilation of Humor, Quotations and Facts about Death.

NEW YORK — Death is the common denominator held between us all — an inevitable fact that we must live with, and a subject given to eloquent musing and dark comedy.

“The HuMORbid Book” by Ed Winks brings together humor, quotations and facts about death to delight you and make you think.

“The HuMORbid Book” is separated into three parts, combining hundreds of jokes, anecdotes, historical information concerning death, common sayings, quotations and nursery rhymes into one package that will provoke thoughts with a smile. Consider this sampling of Winks’ sensibility: Funerals begin with fun.

Did you know … Every 20 years, United States Presidents die: Elected 1840: William Henry Harrison, died in office. 1860: Abraham Lincoln, assassinated. 1880: James Garfield, assassinated. 1900: William McKinley, assassinated. 1920: Warren Harding, died in office. 1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt, died in office. 1960: John F. Kennedy, assassinated. 1980: Ronald Reagan broke the jinx, although he had cancer and was shot while in office. “The HuMORbid Book” is a jovial take on a grave matter. Winks allows the reader the flexibility to explore the subject of death on their own terms. A coffee table book or a commuter favorite, “The HuMORbid Book” makes dark comedy light again.