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Former undertaker Robert Bush admitted 67 offences, including failing to bury and cremate people at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

He said he was inspired by the work of Dr William Price, a self-proclaimed druid who was put on trial in Cardiff for trying to cremate his deceased five-month old son in 1884.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

Wellman, owner of Sorrento Valley Pet Cemetery, stepped in to offer to cremate the remaining bodies, and says Angel Paws’ operation was “disorganized and unprofessional.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

They happen when people die in poverty, alone or without relatives who can afford to cremate or bury them.

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025

If you can not keep him embalmed on your shelf, is it not the wiser part, and the kinder, to cremate him?”

From The Book of Khalid by Ameen Fares Rihani

Not to worry, he said, promising to put his new cremates to work: “We’ll catch up next weekend.”

From Washington Post ● May 31, 2020

It’s July 29, 1981, when Patrick cremates his mother—the day, as it happens, that Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018

Nowadays, if you die in Pierce County and you fall into two categories - both indigent and unclaimed - the county cremates your body and disposes of your remains.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2016

The administrator’s office cremates unidentified migrants instead of burying them — a switch that saves the county roughly $860 a person, said Rosie Blankenship, assistant public administrator for Imperial County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2016

A woman always embalms the corpse of a dead love; a man wisely cremates it, and plants a new love in the ashes.

From A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Helen Rowland

On Wednesday, the prosecution alleged "multiple, serious failings" and said Legacy "did not meet industry standards" in respect of the care, identity, cremated remains and ashes of the deceased.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Authorities were tipped off to the crimes after one of the dog owners told authorities that they received a message from the trainer saying their dog had died in its sleep and was cremated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

They cremated their dead, spoke the Germanic ancestors of Old English and were pagans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Grecia's body, located Thursday, was taken by her father to be cremated in Caracas, while Víctor awaited the remains of his nephews and brother-in-law.

From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026

“Wouldn’t you be cremated? I guess that depends on if you want to follow Hindu burial practices...”

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

The family has also said Mexican authorities and funeral home representatives have repeatedly suggested cremating Blair’s remains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

Workers in New Delhi on Tuesday building new platforms for cremating bodies, as the coronavirus takes an increasing toll on the country.Credit...

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2021

The victim's family accused local police of cremating her body without their consent, although the authorities denied this.

From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2020

Many states permit only three ways of dealing with dead bodies: Burying them, cremating them, or donating them to science.

From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2019

The charring has taken place in cremating the dead, in the burning of offerings or through accidental subjection to heat.

From Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States Thirteenth Annual Report of the Beaurau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-1892, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1896 pages 3-46 by William Henry Holmes