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  2. Wilhelmina Cooper - Wikipedia

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    During her cover-girl days, Wilhelmina boasted that she was "one of the few high-fashion models built like a woman." And she was. With her 5 ft. 11 in., 38-24-36 frame, doe eyes, delicate cheekbones, and mane of high-piled dark hair, she epitomized the classical, aristocratic look that she helped to make the style standard of the 1950s and '60s...

  3. Krissy Taylor - Wikipedia

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    On July 2, 1995, Niki Taylor found Krissy lying unconscious on the floor of their family's home in Florida. After attempts to revive Taylor by her family and authorities failed, she was rushed to Memorial Hospital West and pronounced dead at 5:39 a.m. [2] She was 17 years old.

  4. Tri-State Crematory scandal - Wikipedia

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    The funeral homes sued Tri-State and Marsh, eventually settling first for $36 million with the plaintiff's class in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Ultimately, the Marsh defendants also settled for $3.5 million after their insurer, Georgia Farm Bureau, agreed to pay the settlement.

  5. Funeral home - Wikipedia

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    Funeral homes arrange services in accordance with the wishes of surviving friends and family, whether immediate next of kin or an executor so named in a legal will. The funeral home often takes care of the necessary paperwork, permits, and other details, such as making arrangements with the cemetery, and providing obituaries to the news media ...

  6. Women in death care in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The funeral industry is laden with sexism and specific roles based on sex.” [5] During the 1960s and 1970s, there was a stigma against females as funeral directors that lasted until 1980; it was extremely difficult for women to find employment in the funeral industry outside of a family practice. [6]

  7. Watch: New Jersey model struts down runway at designer’s funeral

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    A model honours her recently-deceased fashion designer friend by turning their funeral into a catwalk in New Jersey. Erica L Carrington has gone viral on social media when footage of the funeral ...

  8. 'Dead' woman wakes up screaming at funeral home - AOL

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    The medic declared her dead when she was actually still alive.

  9. Gia Carangi - Wikipedia

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    Gia Marie Carangi [2] (January 29, 1960 – November 18, 1986) was an American supermodel, considered by some to be the first supermodel. [3] [4] In 2023, Harpers Bazaar ranked her 15th among the greatest supermodels in the 1980s. [5]