Alistair Cooke's 'bones stolen': body parts trading ring suspected

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Alistair Cooke's 'bones stolen'
By Guto Harri
BBC News, New York



An investigation is under way in New York into allegations that the bones of the late broadcaster Alistair Cooke were stolen before his cremation.
Mr Cooke, known for the Letter from America he broadcast for the BBC, died almost two years ago, aged 95.

According to the New York Daily News his bones were stolen by a criminal ring trading body parts.

They were later sold by a biomedical tissue company now under investigation, the paper claims.

This is a grim and ghoulish tale which has understandably appalled everyone who knew Alistair Cooke.

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