# Who Stole The Body Of Alistair Cooke?

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**Created:** [December 22, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-stole-the-body-of-alistair-cooke/336804 "2005-12-22T15:32:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-stole-the-body-of-alistair-cooke/336804/1 "2005-12-22T15:32:17Z")

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There is a bodysnatching ring in New York, peddling remains to medical supply companies illegally.  
Alistair Cooke may be dead, but he has become a man of parts.  
_Many, diverse_ parts! :eek:

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> According to the New York Daily News his bones were stolen by a criminal ring trading body parts.
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> They were later sold by a biomedical tissue company now under investigation, the paper claims.

[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4552742.stm](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4552742.stm)

OK, fess up.

Which Doper boosted 'em?

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**Author:** ![Wartime\_Consigliori](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@Wartime\_Consigliori](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wartime_Consigliori)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-stole-the-body-of-alistair-cooke/336804/2 "2005-12-22T15:37:03Z")

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I have no knowledge of any such activity 😃

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-stole-the-body-of-alistair-cooke/336804/3 "2005-12-22T15:44:43Z")

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He died at age a zillion and six. Given his general appearance I suspect [This man.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:C-smithers.gif)

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**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2005, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-stole-the-body-of-alistair-cooke/336804/4 "2005-12-22T16:23:42Z")

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Lends a grisly new meaning to _Masterpiece Theatre_…