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Barbara Corcoran Details Staged 'Funeral' at 70th Birthday in New Podcast Interview

She says the 2019 stunt let her hear what friends would say if she were gone.

Overview

  • After learning friends were planning a surprise party, she arranged a mock funeral at her New York City penthouse.
  • Guests were led downstairs to find her lying motionless in a coffin in a room dressed as a funeral parlor with nuns, priests and rabbis.
  • She remained still for about ten minutes as attendees shared candid tributes and criticisms, believing she had died.
  • She later sprang from the coffin in a red Carolina Herrera gown and danced to Diana Ross’s “I’m Alive!” before posting photos to Instagram.
  • Confusion spread beyond the party, with her doorman telling her the next morning that social media was reporting she had died.