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Morticians - some of the only professionals licensed to transport and handle dead human bodies in Minnesota - are on the decline, Minnesota Public Radio News reported.

From Washington Times • Jan. 11, 2020

Morticians and 200 body bags are being sent to the Abaco Islands, the worst-hit part of the archipelago.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2019

Membership at the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association, the country’s largest group of African-American undertakers, has fallen to 1,200 from 2,000 over the last two decades.

From New York Times • Jul. 22, 2016

Morticians completed the process by shoving hot coals into the trunk cavity to dry the cadaver.

From National Geographic • Jan. 18, 2016

National Selected Morticians, Inc.. a "professional group" with headquarters in Chicago, considered the atomic age and was appalled.

From Time Magazine Archive