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  2. Post-mortem photography - Wikipedia

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    Post-mortem photograph of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1888. Post-mortem photograph of Brazil's deposed emperor Pedro II, taken by Nadar, 1891.. The invention of the daguerreotype in 1839 made portraiture commonplace, as many of those who were unable to afford the commission of a painted portrait could afford to sit for a photography session.

  3. Burial - Wikipedia

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    Exhumation of those killed in Bucha massacre in March 2022. Exhumation, or disinterment, is the act of digging something up, especially a corpse. This is most often done to relocate a body to a different burial spot; families may make this decision to locate the deceased in a more pertinent or convenient place.

  4. The day they dug up Lee Harvey Oswald in Fort Worth: 1981 ...

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    Oct. 4, 1981: The casket containing Lee Harvey Oswald’s remains for 18 years was exhumed and moved into the privacy of a tent at Rose Hill Memorial Park in Fort Worth before it was taken to ...

  5. Wikipedia:Funny biographical images - Wikipedia

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    English Wikipedia's image guidelines for living people stipulate that we can only use freely-licensed images of living people in articles, and our image use policy says that we can only use copyrighted images if no free alternative exists. This often means that editors themselves must take photographs of notable subjects, or that historical ...

  6. Embalming - Wikipedia

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    Common grooming practices may include combing and styling the hair and applying cream to the skin to maintain hydration. The deceased will then be dressed and makeup may be applied to mimic natural coloring or the deceased person's typical styling. [35] Hair gel or baby oil is applied to style short hair; while hairspray is applied to style ...

  7. Dead bodies seen in videos from South African mine - AOL

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    In a briefing held on Monday near the site of the rescue operation, Giwusa leadership, alongside community figures, said the videos shared "painted a very dire picture" of the situation underground.

  8. State funeral of Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia

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    Cashman died in 1983. His claim concerning the viewing of Abraham Lincoln's remains was later refuted when his wife, Dorothy M. Cashman, wrote a pamphlet titled "The Lincoln Tomb." On page 14, Mrs. Cashman wrote, "At the time of his death in 1963 Fleetwood Lindley was the last living person to have looked upon Mr. Lincoln's face." [17]

  9. More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.