Best Funeral Ever (2013)

Genre

reality television

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This reality series follows a family-run funeral home in Dallas that plans elaborate and personalized funerals for the people who have died. It shows how families celebrate their loved ones with unique and sometimes surprising tributes.

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What happens

Best Funeral Ever is an American reality television series that aired on the TLC cable network for two seasons, beginning January 6, 2013. The show took place at the Golden Gate Funeral Home in Dallas, Texas, a Black American family-operated business, and centered primarily on over-the-top and extravagant funerals carried out by the families of the recently deceased. One notable funeral was that of Ronnie Ray Smith, a gold medal winner at the 1968 Summer Olympics (his funeral featured his casket "running" a 100-yard dash and being given a gold medal at the end). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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