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Family lived with father's body for 10 years |
2005-03-09 |
Japanese police questioned three siblings yesterday after it was discovered they had been living with the decomposed corpse of their father for nearly a decade. Police found the body of Kyujiro Kanaoka lying on a futon bed at the family's home in Itami, western Japan. Kanaoka's three children, all in their 70s or older, told police they thought their father was still alive, but that one of them had recently consulted a relative about the possibility that he might be dead, a police spokesman said. Police were investigating the cause of Kanaoka's death. Judging from the condition of his body, he may have died as long as 10 years ago, the spokesman added. Had he been alive, the man would be 107 years old. Hyogo prefecture had registered Kanaoka as its oldest living resident, 1. Didn't move for ten years 2. Never spoke. 3. Never ate. 4. Rotting corpse Yep, I'd say he's dead. |
Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
#6 As to my remarks about Lenin's Tomb... A little background to be honest here... On one day when I was courting my Russian wife in Moscow in 1994, we went to Red Square. She snickered at Lenin's tomb, but was still guarded about what she said. She took me into an Orthodox church on Red Square lit a candle, said a prayer, and we then had our picture taken sitting at a fountain in front of St. Basils. We did take a public tour of the Kremlin. We then went to lunch at the TV tower, which sadly, later, (1998) had a fire. After my wife came here, she started started a small business, and has voted 2 times for "W" since becoming a citizen... Now... She doesn't trust Putin, and refers to Stalin as, "That foreign cockroach", and wonders about the "fools" in the 1920s who he hoodwinked to take over...And openly wonders about the "state" of Lenin's corpse... |
Posted by: BigEd 2005-03-09 7:18:18 PM |
#5 Hey Dad...get up and take a shower, would ya? You stink! |
Posted by: 2b 2005-03-09 6:54:34 PM |
#4 Lennin was constantly under repair, renovation or just plain closed during my visits. |
Posted by: Shipman 2005-03-09 5:46:11 PM |
#3 And the Russian people passed reverently by "Lenin under Glass" for longer... Rotting Corpse or Wax Dummy Inquiring minds want to know! |
Posted by: BigEd 2005-03-09 3:25:10 PM |
#2 Bring out your dead! |
Posted by: penguin 2005-03-09 2:15:47 PM |
#1 Hyogo prefecture had registered Kanaoka as its oldest living residentNot anymore! ;-p |
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2005-03-09 1:55:04 PM |