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The bizarre funerals where the dead become the 'living' again

Living Dead
   Miriam Burbank at her own funeral    photo: intelligencer.ca

Sitting at a table, beer, whisky and cigarettes nearby, with nails painted in the colours of her favourite American football team, Miriam Burbank didn’t move much at the funeral.

But then again this was her own funeral.

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