Forget about traditional burials or cremation¹ the sky's literally² the limit when it comes to what people are choosing to do with their remains³ after they die.

 

传统的土葬和火葬都过时了，如今人们选择的遗体处理方式可谓是无奇不有。

 

More and more people are requesting exotic options including being turned into fireworks, diamonds, snow globes and even vinyl records.

 

Heart In Diamond who create 'stunningly⁴ beautiful diamonds from your loved one's hair or ashes' offer their services from $3,100 for a budget 0.10 carat yellow - orange diamond with prices exceeding $30,000 for their one carat plus diamonds.

 

Another method becoming more popular is cryonic freezing which was made famous in 1967 when Dr. James Bedford, a psych professor at the University of California became the first person to ever be cryonically preserved.

 

The estimated cost for people to become frozen will be an estimated $90,000 per person.

 

Mr Burgess said there are up to five requests a year for people to be turned into snow globes post-death. Vinyl records are a popular request among departing baby boomers.

 

Another company, Ashes to Ashes, specialises in making fireworks to spread the ashes of loved ones.

 

But there are many more ways the human body can be laid to rest including mummification and being taken out to sea.

 

Hunter S Thompson's ashes were reportedly 'shot out of a cannon'; Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards who claimed to have 'snorted' his father's ashes; and rap artist Tupac Shakur's former Outlawz band members revealed they smoked his ashes after the funeral.

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