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The [[common law]] generally honored statements in wills, or in writing other than in wills, or orally, by a living person concerning the post-mortem burial or cremation of his own body.<ref>See 7 A.L.R. 3d 747, 749-50 (1966); 54 A.L.R. 3d 1037 (1973).</ref>
 
The [[common law]] generally honored statements in wills, or in writing other than in wills, or orally, by a living person concerning the post-mortem burial or cremation of his own body.<ref>See 7 A.L.R. 3d 747, 749-50 (1966); 54 A.L.R. 3d 1037 (1973).</ref>
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Some persons have attempted to exert control over the disposition of their body after death, to the point of even successfully suing the state to allow non-traditional approaches.<ref>''Alcor Life Extension Found. v. Mitchell'', 9 Cal. Rptr. 2d 572 (1992).</ref>
    
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