Welcome to the two-hundred-and-fifty-fourth edition of Morticians’ Monday Morning Mashup, 4M #254, where we’ll serve up bite-sized, easily-digestible nuggets of the deathcare news you need to crush conversations in the week ahead. Bon appetit!
Bed-and-arrest
“Random guy slept here” is not exactly plaque-worthy — and when the bed in which that guy is catching his zzzzs is in a restricted area of Arlington National Cemetery, it’s actually literally a federal offense. In July, authorities found Abraham Gayetaye fast asleep in a bed in Arlington House, the former home of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Upon awakening him, the man physically assaulted and injured the officers. Now he’s facing a slew of charges and will appear in federal court later this month.
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In other news …
Here are some updates from the legal and licensing side of deathcare:
- Class-action lawsuit filed against Chicago funeral home where 57 bodies were found
- Mundy Funeral Home licenses suspended after alleged fraudulent death claims amid TBI investigation | wbir.com
- Funeral director speaks out after being accused of adding illegal crematory
- Indiana Funeral and Cemetery Board revokes Terre Haute funeral director’s license
A low-budget royal funeral
When Queen Elizabeth died in 2022, her funeral — which, like those of the highest-ranking royals, had been planned out in great detail for decades — cost UK taxpayers over 200 million pounds (about $270 million in US dollars). Recently, sources shared that Prince Andrew, who was stripped of his status thanks to his association with predator Jeffrey Epstein, will still be afforded the privilege of a royal funeral … but it won’t come close to those of his mom’s. In fact, Andrew’s funeral is expected to cost only a paltry $11 million, including security and crowd management.
