Dead People Get Life-Like Poses at Their Funerals

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The belle of the ball wore a pink feather boa and held a glass of champagne at a party earlier this week, never mind the fact that she was dead.

Mickey Easterling, a New Orleans socialite who passed away at the age of 83, was feted one last time at a grand memorial service, where the flamboyant philanthropist went out the way she would want to be remembered.

Easterling is just the latest in a series of people who have been posed in life-like situations at their funerals. In New Orleans, jazz musician "Uncle" Lionel Batiste's body was propped up at a funeral home as mourners said goodbye.

The Marin Funeral Home in Puerto Rico has created thematic wakes for several funerals, including a slain boxer and a deceased man who loved his motorcycle.


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