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When someone dies, what happens to the body?

  • Written by Mark Evely, Program Director and Assistant Professor of Mortuary Science, Wayne State University
imageWhen a life ends, those who remain deal with the body.Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

Upwards of 2.8 million people die every year in the United States. As a funeral director who heads a university mortuary science program, I can tell you that while each individual’s life experiences are unique, what happens to a body after death follows a...

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