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lokie

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Stephen Hawking laid to rest between graves of Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin




On Friday afternoon, thousands gathered to see the ashes of Prof Hawking, who died in March at the age of 76, buried between those of Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Charles Darwin in an entirely earthly thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey. Some 3,500 light-years away, meanwhile, the nearest black hole from our planet, 1A 0620-00, was preparing to receive a special message.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...h-leads-tributes-stephen-hawking-westminster/
 

jerryb73

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Stephen Hawking laid to rest between graves of Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin




On Friday afternoon, thousands gathered to see the ashes of Prof Hawking, who died in March at the age of 76, buried between those of Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Charles Darwin in an entirely earthly thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey. Some 3,500 light-years away, meanwhile, the nearest black hole from our planet, 1A 0620-00, was preparing to receive a special message.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...h-leads-tributes-stephen-hawking-westminster/
Yep, I’m watching the news now, just showed that.
 

kelly4

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Stephen Hawking laid to rest between graves of Sir Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin




On Friday afternoon, thousands gathered to see the ashes of Prof Hawking, who died in March at the age of 76, buried between those of Sir Isaac Newton and Sir Charles Darwin in an entirely earthly thanksgiving service at Westminster Abbey. Some 3,500 light-years away, meanwhile, the nearest black hole from our planet, 1A 0620-00, was preparing to receive a special message.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...h-leads-tributes-stephen-hawking-westminster/
Why is there a picture of them carrying a casket if he was cremated?

Did they carry the urn inside of the casket, or what?
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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dunno, was kind of wondering about that myself...

did a little reading, apparently it's just a custom, so people have a place to place flowers , and act distraught. the ashes are in the coffin, but the coffin itself isn't usually buried
 
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