It happened to Alistair Cooke, English journalist who lived in America. Scary cause he had cancer.
"Cooke died at midnight on March 30, 2004 at his home in New York City. He had been ill with heart disease but died of lung cancer which had spread to his bones.[2]
On December 22, 2005, the New York Daily News reported that bones of Cooke and many other people had been surgically removed before cremation by bodysnatchers working for a tissue-recovery firm. The thieves allegedly sold the body parts for use in (among other things) dental and bone implants. The cancer that Cooke was suffering from prior to his death had spread to his bones, making them unsuitable for transplant and implant therapies. Reports indicated[3] that the people involved in selling the body parts altered his death certificate to hide the cause of death and reduce his age from 95 to 85. Michael Mastromarino and Lee Cruceta agreed to a deal that resulted in their imprisonment.[4] Michael Mastromarino was sentenced on June 27, 2008 in the Supreme Court in Brooklyn to between 18 to 54 years in jail.[5]"
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alistair_Cooke