Hollywood Forever crematorium takes on COVID-19 death surge
Listen to this story Diego Pablo had trained the young man in the craft of burning human bodies down to ash. Inside the crematorium, 44-year-old Pablo watched as his protege prepared to push the rose-covered cardboard coffin into the furnace’s yawning mouth. “What’s next?” Pablo asked, a gentle reminder to the 23-year-old — who towered over him — that something was missing. Advertisement Advertisement Tristen McBride, who wore a blue coat that fell above his jean-clad knees, snapped his fingers. He had forgotten the roller used to ease the box into the cremation chamber. It was on...
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