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Disgraced funeral boss Robert Bush who failed to bury or cremate people and gave grieving families the ashes of strangers has offered those affected a written 'apology', but some have reacted angrily.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Besides the failure to cremate bodies placed in his care, it became apparent there were "much wider aspects" of Bush's offending, said Tams.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

The Patel family waited another month before they could cremate her remains, postponing Ashok's last rites so they could be done together.

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

He said he was inspired by the work of Dr William Price, a self-proclaimed druid who was put on trial in Cardiff for trying to cremate his deceased five-month old son in 1884.

From BBC ● Mar. 31, 2026

These cremate their dead; they set apart a separate round house for the trophies of human heads, and in this the bachelors are expected to pass the nights.

From The Pagan Tribes of Borneo by Alfred C. (Alfred Cort) Haddon

Not to worry, he said, promising to put his new cremates to work: “We’ll catch up next weekend.”

From Washington Post ● May 31, 2020

It’s July 29, 1981, when Patrick cremates his mother—the day, as it happens, that Prince Charles marries Lady Diana Spencer.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2018

Nowadays, if you die in Pierce County and you fall into two categories - both indigent and unclaimed - the county cremates your body and disposes of your remains.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2016

The administrator’s office cremates unidentified migrants instead of burying them — a switch that saves the county roughly $860 a person, said Rosie Blankenship, assistant public administrator for Imperial County.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2016

A woman always embalms the corpse of a dead love; a man wisely cremates it, and plants a new love in the ashes.

From A Guide to Men Being Encore Reflections of a Bachelor Girl by Helen Rowland

The dead are traditionally cremated on funeral pyres in Hindu-majority Nepal, and the burials are viewed as long-term storage until families can retrieve them.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

When the school finishes using them, the cadavers are often cremated and remains returned to their families, or buried in the university's medical cemetery, according to the indictment.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Authorities were tipped off to the crimes after one of the dog owners told authorities that they received a message from the trainer saying their dog had died in its sleep and was cremated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

They cremated their dead, spoke the Germanic ancestors of Old English and were pagans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

The rest had been cremated in the heat and their ashes sucked up by the swirling wind and blown away.

From "The Great Fire" by Jim Murphy

When the child died, it is alleged they initially thought of cremating the body in the back garden of their home before contacting a funeral director.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2025

And when we’re dealing with a liminal state of pregnancy and loss, everything gets more complicated because you’re not burying or cremating a fully grown human.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2024

The family has also said Mexican authorities and funeral home representatives have repeatedly suggested cremating Blair’s remains.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2023

Workers in New Delhi on Tuesday building new platforms for cremating bodies, as the coronavirus takes an increasing toll on the country.Credit...

From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2021

After a burial, brushwood was heaped round the walls of the tomb and set on fire, partially cremating the body and the objects that were interred with it within.

From Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce