CNBC Investigates The Business of Death

January 31, 2013 by Amanda Massa

Tonight at 9pm ET/PT, the CNBC Original documentary, “Death: It’s a Living,” will premiere on CNBC. We talked to Tyler Mathisen about what he found most surprising while working on this fascinating program, how the $17 billion-a-year “death care” business has changed over the past few decades, unconventional ways of saying goodbye, and more.