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Disgraced funeral boss Robert Bush who failed to bury or cremate people and gave grieving families the ashes of strangers has offered those affected a written 'apology', but some have reacted angrily.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

A disgraced funeral director who failed to bury or cremate people and gave bereaved relatives the ashes of strangers has been jailed for 20 years.

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

Finally, the Daily Mirror reports on families calling for a public inquiry into the funeral director who failed to bury or cremate people and gave bereaved relatives the ashes of strangers.

From BBC ● Jul. 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

The first attempts to cremate it in a closed furnace on a large scale, made in London in 1870, were not successful, primarily owing to the unscientific design of the furnace.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

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

During a search of the home last week, police also found the cremated remains of another surrogate child that had been mailed to the house; the baby died shortly after birth in Florida, Teymouri said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Nikole Bresciani, president and chief executive officer of the Inland Valley Humane Society & SPCA, said officers seized 405 cats and 119 cremated animal remains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

David Skoczulek, spokesman for 60 West - the facility where Smith lived in his final years - told the BBC that Smith passed away in his sleep there in June and was later cremated.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Zhu's remains will be cremated on Tuesday in Beijing, Xinhua said Sunday, with a farewell gathering attended by senior leaders of China's ruling Communist Party expected before, according to standard protocol.

From Barron's ● Aug. 18, 2026

When my mother died and was cremated herself, we worried that, acting on instinct, our father might run out and immediately replace her.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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 steady shift from burying bodies to cremating them has been accelerated by the pandemic, according to funeral directors and industry surveys.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 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

After a burial, brushwood was heaped round the walls of the tomb and set on fire, partially cremating the body and the objects that were interred with it within.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce