This US retired actor wants to be composted after he dies


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Meshejian signed up for a human composting death care option for himself for when he dies. Photo: The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS

Paul Meshejian, a 76-year-old retired actor who lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States, said he never liked the idea of his body being embalmed and taking up land in an expensive box.

The remaining spots in his family’s plot and cemetery have already been claimed anyway.

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