Melissa Rivers leaves ashes in stores and restaura... - Page 2

Plaid Pants2 · ‎03-14-2015

It all depends on how it was done.

If the ashes were in sealed little viles, and she had the management's approval, then I see nothing wrong with it.

If she is opening the urn, and taking a handful of ashes and just tossing it in to the air, then yes, that would be wrong.

I can tell you this, there are many, many people's ashes that are scattered in state and federal parks, even though that is "illegal" too.

It's done quietly and secretly, but it is done.

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

It's sort of off-the-wall weird but I don't see any harm in it. Cremains are nothing but sterile dust. I would assume she's leaving very minute amounts. If she thinks that's what Joan would have wanted, why not?

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Annabellethecat66 · ‎03-12-2010

I don't know how other places are but when my husband died, we had him cremated. His urn was put in the WALL at Arlington National Cemetery.

I had to sign a statement saying all of his ashes were in the Urn as did the funeral parlor.

It was probably just a tiny pinch or something. I think it's stupid but if it helped her daughter deal with her death I'm OK with it (not that anyone had any say). I know that Joan and her daughter were very close, so maybe it helps the daughter's pain.

fortune · ‎03-14-2010

@truffle wrote:
I'm pretty sure it is illegal to deposit ashes of a loved one in a store and in a restaurant.

She scattered her mother's ashes to all parts of the world including inside stores and restaurants. One cannot dispose of the deceased in this manner.

Nearly two years have passed since Joan Rivers' death, her daughter Melissa has revealed she's shipped her mother's ashes to friends all over the world.

"She's in England and Scotland and Mexico and Wyoming and California, and stores and restaurants and studios. She is places nobody would expect her to be," Melissa told Matt Lauer Thursday on Today. "I think she'd be happy that what I still have is in my closet near my shoes."

The Fashion Police host also addressed the lawsuit she settled with the clinic where Joan stopped breathing during throat surgery in August 2014. She died a week later in a New York hospital.

I got something in my eye the other day. I think it was Joan.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

There's a thriving business with turning cremains into diamonds and other forms of jewelry.

I cannot decide how I feel about that... it's either creepy or an ok gesture.

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

Disgusting.

Much the same as Joan's attitude and behavior most of her adult life.

Why would we expect any different after the fact.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@fortune wrote:
@truffle wrote:
I'm pretty sure it is illegal to deposit ashes of a loved one in a store and in a restaurant.

She scattered her mother's ashes to all parts of the world including inside stores and restaurants. One cannot dispose of the deceased in this manner.

Nearly two years have passed since Joan Rivers' death, her daughter Melissa has revealed she's shipped her mother's ashes to friends all over the world.

"She's in England and Scotland and Mexico and Wyoming and California, and stores and restaurants and studios. She is places nobody would expect her to be," Melissa told Matt Lauer Thursday on Today. "I think she'd be happy that what I still have is in my closet near my shoes."

The Fashion Police host also addressed the lawsuit she settled with the clinic where Joan stopped breathing during throat surgery in August 2014. She died a week later in a New York hospital.
I got something in my eye the other day. I think it was Joan.

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Yeah, I'm not sure the idea of scattering in a restaurant is a good idea. It could end up blowing into someone's salad or swept up and into the garbage.

bri20 · ‎03-10-2016

If that's what Joan wanted, then I guess Melissa is just following through with her wishes.

It seems kind of creepy to me, but people do weird things...

truffle · ‎01-04-2016

Ashes also contain bone fragments. Not something I care to think about when I'm dining.

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

@Plaid Pants2 wrote:
It all depends on how it was done.

If the ashes were in sealed little viles, and she had the management's approval, then I see nothing wrong with it.

If she is opening the urn, and taking a handful of ashes and just tossing it in to the air, then yes, that would be wrong.

I can tell you this, there are many, many people's ashes that are scattered in state and federal parks, even though that is "illegal" too.

It's done quietly and secretly, but it is done.

My husband and I cast my SIL's ashes upon the waters of a lake in a state park.