I moved here from Rhode Island seven years ago to get a master’s in visual anthropology at USC. After graduating I dove headfirst into television, working on a couple of series with Morgan Freeman: “Story of God with Morgan Freeman” and “Through the Wormhole.
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"When new migrants came to the United States, one of the first things they did was pay into a burial society. That's how deeply rooted the fear of going unclaimed was," Timmermans said.In December, faith leaders, L.A. County supervisors, medical examiners and community members gathered at the communal grave in Boyle Heights to honor the deaths of more than 1,900 Angelenos whose bodies went unclaimed.
Timmermans said there are basically two approaches. The first:"Get rid of the body as quickly and cheaply as possible," he said. There those that believe this is the best way to handle the unclaimed. Midge, one of four unclaimed people Timmermans and Prickett followed in their book, had many connections in her church community when she was alive. But after she died, the church community wasn't recognized as her legal next-of-kin.
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