The dead are speaking
4 Apr 2008 | 07:17 BST
Telling the living like it was
SOME PEOPLE might be happy talking to the dead via tombstones or watching funerals via web cams but only the truly morbid would want to be the talking dead.
But now you can, thanks to a service from Copeland Closure (geddit?) which says “web technology enables letter writing and guaranteed delivery of final sentiments”
It’s what they are calling “emotional coverage", kind of like life insurance for the dead. You sign up to a web site and, for several hundred yankee dollars a pop, you can write a letter to someone which will be delivered in the event of your death, "in a leather-bound portfolio."
It gets better. By signing an Authorization to Release Information form and keeping it with their will, clients can ensure that the necessary steps are taken on their behalf. This document instructs the attorney/executor to return a copy of the form along with a copy of the death certificate to Copeland Closure via mail, fax or email.
Then your letter gets sent. Couldn't be simpler.
"Copeland Closure Company was founded by Lana Lynch in 2008. She launched the enterprise after she experienced several personal losses.
Suicides?
Without the opportunity to say goodbye, she knew there was a vital need for such a service.
How does she know that all these dead people wanted to say anything to her?
Alternately, write a letter. Stick it in a drawer. Die. µ
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