The Funeral Industry in the U.S. has been estimated to be worth between 16-24 Billion dollars annually! That’s an average of $8000 to $12,000 per person that dies. Check out all kinds of interesting statistics about the funeral industry at the National Funeral Directors Association.
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Celebrities have a flair for drama and in the case of Hunter S. Thompson, this continued after death. He made headlines around the world when his ashes were shot out of a cannon! The Cremation Association of North America states that 695,637 people were cremated in the United States in 2003. Although most will be [...]