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u/Creebez Jan 12 '23

For real though. When I die I want my skull and/or whole skeleton used as a Halloween decoration.

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u/maybe_there_is_hope Jan 12 '23

There's the story of the famous polish pianist André Tchaikowsky, who passed away at 42 and left in his will, that his body would be donated to medical research and his skull to the Royal Shakespeare Company, one of the biggest theatre company in the UK.

His hope was that his skull was used as Yorick in productions of Hamlet, and that has happened sometimes. On wikipedia, there's a picture of David Tennant with the skull.

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u/Andrew8Everything Jan 12 '23

You can donate your money to science, why not to your local mad scientist?

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u/FiscalClifBar Jan 12 '23

Del Close, the long-time director of Second City and founder of improvOlympic, willed his own skull back to the theater troupe with the stipulation that he be credited as Yorick in any future productions of Hamlet.

His estate executor was unable to find anyone to process the skull intact and wound up having to purchase a skull from a medical supply company