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Walker Funeral Home
Cincinnati, Ohio
http://www.HerbWalker.com

The Big Goodbye

The Kiss Kasket - it also functions as a cooler. The Kiss Kasket – it also functions as a cooler.

In December 2010, the online site devoted to selling all things Kiss to the costumed rock band’s devoted fans announced a new licensing agreement with Eternal Image Inc., a company that designs, manufactures and markets memorial products. As part of a new line of commemorative items marked with official Kiss graphics, the company would be creating a second generation of the “Kiss Kasket,” originally sold in 2001 but discontinued in 2008.

And so, since February 2011, a functional burial casket made of 20-gauge steel with black interior fabric and images of the leather-clad rockers has been available in two versions. The premium model ($3999) features a flame pattern that leaps upwards from the base, numerous logos (including one inside, presumably for the deceased to ponder in eternity) and shots of the group in action. The standard model ($3299) is, the…

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