The delicate issue of how we wish to be remembered when we're gone has risen again in the shape of Sir Jimmy Savile's triple-width headstone at a cemetery in Scarborough.
The delicate issue of how we wish to be remembered when we're gone has risen again in the shape of Sir Jimmy Savile's triple-width headstone at a cemetery in Scarborough.
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Overlooking the bay, the four-foot tall, 18-inch wide stone comes complete with etchings of the late DJ and television presenter at different stages in his career, a list of the charities for which he raised £45 million, a poem about his life featuring many of his catchphrases – and a potted biography containing a spelling mistake.
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In praise of - dignity in death.
The delicate issue of how we wish to be remembered when we're gone has risen again in the shape of Sir Jimmy Savile's triple-width headstone at a cemetery in Scarborough.
Overlooking the bay, the four-foot tall, 18-inch wide stone comes complete with etchings of the late DJ and television presenter at different stages in his career, a list of the charities for which he raised £45 million, a poem about his life featuring many of his catchphrases – and a potted biography containing a spelling mistake.
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