Dark side of funeral industry cited in New York study
The New York Times and New York attorney general's bureau of consumer affairs report widespread abuses by undertakers. Examples include price gouging and misrepresentation, with cases across Brooklyn and Manhattan. Critics say many victims never report losses amid ethical disputes and fear.
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Brooklyn
Manhattan
Theodore E. Garrison
State Attorney General
Bureau of Consumer Affairs
Stephen Mindell
New York Times
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New Jersey
Newark
Charles Musak
Carmine Berardinelli
Richard Iacobucci
Iacobucci
Berardinelli
Blind Pig Robbins Joins Elite Music Masters
Nashville pianist Hargus Robbins known as Pig has joined Ray Charles Jose Feliciano and Ronnie Milsap among blind musical masters. Robbins, 40, won a Grammy this year as top country instrumentalist and has been lauded as No 1 instrumentalist by CMA and ACM. He lost vision in childhood but creates music by ear mind and fingers and has played with Loretta Lynn Conway Twitty Tammy Wynette and others.
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Joe Edwards
Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
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Pig
Robbins
Nashville
Ray Charles
Jose Feliciano
Ronnie Milsap
Country Music Association
Academy of Country Music and
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Loretta Lynn
Conway Twitty
Tammy Wynette
Johnny Rodriguez
George Jones
Charlie Rich
Merle Haggard
Tom T. Hall
Joe Stampley
Milsap
Groh Seeks Real Drama in New CBS Series Another Day
David Groh rejects comedies for a gritty dramatic series under development at CBS. He stars as advertising man Don Gardner in Another Day with Joan Hackett his wife and Hope Summers as his mother. The show airs at 9 p.m. EST Saturday and features strong performances despite a modern frame.
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LOS Angeles
David Groh
CBS
Groh
Don Gardner
Joan Hackett
Lisa Lindgren
al Eisenmann
Hope Summers
Miss Hackett
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