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Jonathan Winters @ 87
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Quite literally....dead people.

I believe they were called 'mourning portraits'.

I don't know if people still do these today.......

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If you dare - here is a whole page of them. :cry:
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I wonder where they put the pole that keeps him propped up?
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Douglas Engelbart, Father of the Computer Mouse, Dies at Age 88
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Gummy bear creator dies at 90
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:faint: :zombie: A little spooky, after seeing Matt's posting of yesterday's hot deal!
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