>Best. News Release. Ever.
>Look what just showed up in my inbox. And I am not even kidding…
Monster Mash Singer’s Daughter Turns His Cremated Remains into a Diamond.
Los Angeles, CA October 31st, 2008 – Bobby Pickett who co-wrote and performed “The Monster Mash“, died at the age of 69 on April 25, 2007 in Los Angeles, California, due to complications from leukemia. His daughter Nancy Huus was at his side when he died.
After his death, Nancy had a .44 ct colorless LifeGem diamond created from his cremated remains. She wears it in a white gold solitaire ring. Pickett was diagnosed with leukemia 5 years ago, and he and his daughter Nancy talked openly about death. “I saw a show about turning cremated remains into diamonds,” said Nancy, “I immediately called my father and told him that I wanted to make a diamond from his cremated remains; he loved the idea.”
On Halloween Pickett used to say “They dig me up every year.” This year for Halloween his daughter is wearing him as a LifeGem Diamond Ring. “Bobby was a minimalist, not elaborate,” said Huus. Her simple solitaire ring reflects that personality.
About LifeGem
LifeGem developed the world’s first certified, high quality fancy colored diamond created from the carbon of a loved one in 2002, to help family and friends memorialize the life of the deceased. Headquartered in Elk Grove Village, Ill., the company creates the LifeGem in varying sizes and colors through a worldwide network of certified partners. For additional information visit www.LifeGem.com or call 1-866-LIFEGEM.
>I am actually in love with the idea and don’t think it is morbid at all. If I had the cash I would have my Dad’s remains turned into a diamond. I think it is beautiful.
>Talk about recycling.
>So… would a REALLY FAT person make a bigger diamond? Because I live in Brentwood ya know, and .44 carats is simply not gonna cut it. It would inspire a lot of snide, behind-the-hand comments at the nail salon.
>Ha! I was going to ask the same question babybloomr – would a fat person be a bigger diamond?I love this idea! I think I’ll have it written in my Will that this is to be done with me. Ah, hell, by the time I die they’ll probably be something else even cooler. Like legal taxidermy of a human.
>I actually like the idea of a diamond. Being permanently changed into such a thing of beauty.Of course, I’m not sure how I’d feel about being worn around in a ring. Or about how someone would feel about wearing me either. That part sounds morbid to me.
>I’ve known about this for a while, and I think it’s a great idea. I actually think saving ashes is more morbid than saving a diamond made from ones ashes, at least it won’t be as depressing to look at.
>I’ve heard of it, too. What gets me is that they’re sending news releases to mommybloggers that contain the sentence, “This year for Halloween his daughter is wearing him as a LifeGem Diamond Ring.”I mean, really.
>Really. Halloween! They used to wear jewelry made from the hair of a loved one: [http://www.victorianhairjewelry.com/]I like the diamond idea better.
>Hmmmmm…*note to ex-fiancee: see, I can be a diamond in the rough! I just have to die first!*At 6′ 2″, 235 lbs, how mucha diamond ya reckon I can be made into? A plush Brentwood, or a more urban Flatbushwood? I’d rather not play if all they can get out of me is a trailer trash driftwood quality.
>I’ll be the first to say I think this idea is gross. I don’t know why. I’m fine with death, but I guess I don’t understand the point of wearing your loved one at all.
>Only .44? I need to feed my Husband up…
>If one of my family members told me that they wanted me to cremate them and keep their ashes then I think I would make them into a diamond. How weird does that sound, make THEM into a diamond. LOL Anyway, I would rather have a diamond then ashes sitting around my house.
>Yeah, I had heard of that. Nice thought.
>I just like that it’s labeled ‘high quality’ and ‘fancy colored’. What does ‘fancy colored’ look like?
>EEEEEWWWWWW. Seriously? What people will do to make a buck through someone’s sorrow and grief.
>I think I’d like to be snorted off a hookers ass
>All I have to say is Honey Bunches might be “on to something”…not “on something.” Best Halloween Laugh ever!
>Way better than being burried!I have strict orders that I am not to be burried, donate me to science first. Dont want to go in the ground. But hey, I could be a dimond, except for WOW it is expensive. Over 12,000 for 1 carot. I too wonder how much diamond a 135 pound gal would make?
>Wow. Just…wow.
>Would a phony person in life just be a cubic zirconia when cremated?