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REV. GEORGE MCLAIRD<br />
APPENDIX C<br />
LIGHTS, CAMERA, MORTICIAN!<br />
THE RISE OF THE ‘FUN FUNERALS’<br />
The following is selected from a HuffPost Religion<br />
web article by Jaweed Kaleem, posted 07/05/2014, used<br />
here with permission.<br />
“When a friend and fellow mortician died a decade<br />
ago, Teddy Lee received an unusual request. By<br />
most measures, the widow said, it was to be a standard<br />
Christian service, complete with prayers and<br />
promises of life after death. Except for one thing.<br />
“Would Lee, asked the widow, put on a little show?<br />
“Lee, who is also a magician, gladly obliged. On<br />
the day of the service, he stood in front of the<br />
mourners gathered in a Bronx sanctuary, held up a<br />
few pages of the New York Daily News, and then<br />
tore them methodically into pieces as he told a story<br />
of life and death.<br />
“It was "Torn and Restored," a classic beginner's<br />
magic trick done in countless talent shows and festivals<br />
– repurposed for death.<br />
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