Monday, January 23, 2006

Who stole Alistair Cooke's bones?

Man. I completely forgot about this - my family was talking about it over Christmas. Bizarre.

Cooke, known for the Letter from America he broadcast for the BBC, died almost two years ago, aged 95.

According to the New York Daily News his bones were stolen by a criminal ring trading body parts [... ] They were later sold by a biomedical tissue company now under investigation, the paper claims.


BBC NEWS :: Alistair Cooke's bones 'stolen'

(via growabrain)