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Burris Blames Funeral Home Manager For 'Trail Blazer' Tombstone

First Posted: 3/5/09 Updated: 5/25/11

Burris

Chicago Tribune:

As for his résumé chiseled in granite, Burris said, "that wasn't me."

"The cemetery in Oak Woods insisted when I went out to plan my estate that my résumé be put on it. That wasn't me. That was the manager of the funeral home," he said. "They insisted that my résumé be put up and they came up with that design and did all that."

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