March 9, 1996, is just one of many dates I could have chosen for today's episode title. It was the day comedian George Burns died. There was something very unique about his burial as well as many other burials that I'll tell you about in this episode. Enjoy!

SOURCES

Associated Press. “Bela Lugosi to Be Buried in Cape of Greatest Triumph.” Forth Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas), August 18, 1956. www.newspapers.com.

“Bela Lugosi.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, February 19, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bela_Lugosi#:~:text=Lugosi%20died%20of%20a%20heart,apartment%20while%20taking%20a%20nap.

Funeral Guide. “Grave Goods: Famous People Who Were Buried with Unusual Keepsakes.” Funeral Guide. https://www.funeralguide.com, February 25, 2019. https://www.funeralguide.com/blog/famous-graves-goods-celebrities.

“George Burns.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, January 29, 2022. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Burns.

Kwai, Isabella. “Family of Children's Author Dahl Apologizes for His Anti-Semitism.” The Miami Herald (Miami, Florida), December 7, 2020. www.newspapers.com.

“Lynyrd Skynyrd Rock Band Decimated By Plane Crash.” The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colorado), November 19, 1977. www.newspapers.com.

Macqueen, Cristy-Lee. “You Can Take It with You! the Unique Items People Are Buried With.” ABC News. ABC News, June 14, 2019. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06-15/the-unique-items-people-are-buried-with/11176586.

Myers, Brian. “The Items John F. Kennedy Was Reportedly Buried With.” Grunge.com. Grunge, February 17, 2022. https://www.grunge.com/764979/the-items-john-f-kennedy-was-reportedly-buried-with/.

“People.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch (St. Louis, Missouri), March 24, 1996. www.newspapers.com.

Schmitt, Brad. “Skynyrd Remains Go to Unmarked Graves.” The Tennessean (Nashville, Tennessee), July 13, 2000. www.newspapers.com.

United Press International. “Jackie Gives President A Whale's Tooth.” The Shreveport Journal (Shreveport, Louisiana), December 26, 1962. www.newspapers.com.

United Press International. “To Next World In A Ferrari.” The San Francisco Examiner (San Francisco, California), May 19, 1977. www.newspapers.com.

Valjak, Domagoj. “Roald Dahl, the Writer of ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Was given a Viking Funeral, and Was Buried with Wine, Snooker Cues, Pencils and a Power Saw.” The Vintage News, January 20, 2017. https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/21/roald-dahl-the-writer-of-charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory-was-given-a-viking-funeral-and-buried-with-wine-snooker-cues-pencils-and-a-power-saw/?chrome=1&A1c=1.

“Whaling Sailors Fought Boredom With Scrimshaw.” Messenger-Inquirer (Owensboro, Kentucky), March 4, 1963. www.newspapers.com.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.