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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...austere tradition of the Wahhabi sect to which he belonged, Saud's burial was simple. His body, wrapped in a Saudi flag, was flown in a special aircraft to Riyadh, and after brief ceremonies was buried somewhere in the capital. In keeping with tradition, there is no gravestone. Only a small group of holy men know the last resting place of one of the world's wealthiest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saudi Arabia: Death of a King | 3/7/1969 | See Source »

...contrary, said Wright, the literature accompanying the E-meters must be treated as Scripture. To bolster his opinion, Judge Wright pointed out that Hubbard's organization is incorporated as a church in the District of Columbia and that its ministers are even qualified to perform marriages and burial rites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Appeals: Victory for the Scientologists | 2/14/1969 | See Source »

Police began speculating that the killer performed an ancient burial rite over Miss Britton's body after they found iodine oxide, a reddish-brown powder, on the walls, ceiling, and floor of the apartment and on her body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Police Declare Black-out On Britton Case | 1/10/1969 | See Source »

Marlowe's body will be transferred to Phoenix, Arizona for burial. He received his BS degree from Arizona State and his Ph.D from Brown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Research Fellow Dies Beneath MBTA Train | 12/9/1968 | See Source »

...When he died of tuberculosis in a German sanatorium on June 5, 1900, not yet 29, he was destitute and had been begging money from his literary friends, including Henry James and Joseph Conrad. His brother had to pay to have his body brought home to New Jersey for burial. It was the sort of end most people had predicted for a man who gleefully promoted the false rumor that he was an opium addict, and who married the madam of a Jacksonville sporting house, or at least lived with her. Lionized. In the 68 years since Crane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Young Man in a Hurry | 8/30/1968 | See Source »

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