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He wants to be cremated when he dies.
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His remains will be cremated and a celebration of his life will be held on Saturday, April 14, 2018 at 4 PM in the Kalis-McIntee Funeral & Cremation Center, Ft.
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Some cremate the remains, some lay them beneath the open sky, and others place them in the ground.
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Hawking will be cremated at a later date and his ashes are to be interred at London’s Westminster Abbey near the remains of fellow scientist Isaac Newton.
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Hawking will be cremated at a later date and his ashes are to be interred at London’s Westminster Abbey near the remains of fellow scientist Isaac Newton.
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The most straightforward option for people who want to spare relatives the cost of burying or cremating them is indeed to leave them money.
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As Donatella mourns at Gianni's lavish grave and the maid discovers D'Amico on the floor, an unnamed cemetery worker lays Cunanan's cremated remains to rest, a pointed metaphor for Cunanan's insignificance within the shadow of Versace's legacy.
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Gianni's body was cremated and the ashes placed in a gold box.
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On the show, Ludwick alleged van der Sloot paid him $1,500 to dig up Holloway’s remains five years after the Alabama teen went missing in Aruba, and then cremate them.
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Origin and Etymology of cremate
Latin crematus, past participle of cremare to burn up, cremate
CREMATE Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of cremate for English Language Learners
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: to burn (the body of a person who has died)
CREMATE Defined for Kids
Definition of cremate for Students
cremated;
cremating
: to burn (as a dead body) to ashes
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cremation
\kri-ˈmā-shən\ nounMedical Dictionary
medical Definition of cremate
cremated;
cremating
: to reduce (as a dead body) to ashes by burning
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