Why on eath would you ned to exhume a body that had been buried in the 1920's ? That sounds crazy.
2007-10-11 08:30:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (American)
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2007-10-11 08:30:40 · update #1
According to the Mining Gazette, the Gipper is being exhumed for DNA testing in conjunction with an upcoming book on Gipp’s life written by historian Michael Bynum.
As mentioned by another person responding, ESPN filmed the exhuming and will air it in a program on Gipp as part of a series on the top 25 college athletes of all time.
According to Fox News (see http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301051,00.html), there has been no comment about why the exhumation was made.
2007-10-11 20:37:20 · answer #1 · answered by Danielle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There may be questions about the cause of death that this descendant wants cleared up if possible. Maybe it is question of DNA to clear up a question of paternity. There are lots of reasons to exhume a body. A descendant of Houdini wanted his body exhumed to clear up just how he died.
2007-10-11 08:41:30 · answer #2 · answered by London Catlover 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No one knows why just yet, except it is at a family members request for DNA. Possiby an inheritance issue, or paternal issue. I'm sure with todays snoopy reporters we will know the reason in a few days.
2007-10-11 08:43:25 · answer #3 · answered by MR. T. 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When I first heard this I tried to imagine why and I could not come up with a good reason. It makes no sense at all. I would love to hear the reason why but I doubt that it will ever be made public.
2007-10-11 08:40:22 · answer #4 · answered by Zinger 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, The Irish's Offense is that bad. They recruited a pneumonia ridden zombie from the 1920s to play QB.
2007-10-11 08:35:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
First poor Ted Williams had his head lopped off and put into a cryofreezer...now this. Dang, don't these people believe in "rest in peace"??!!
2007-10-11 13:46:47 · answer #6 · answered by PittSteel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kinda sick actually. to top it off espn is filming the whole thing to. yet another reason to despise that abortion of a network.
2007-10-11 08:36:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
One of his descendants requested it...but it doesn't make sense...Many other descendants are mad about it...
2007-10-11 08:36:38 · answer #8 · answered by Terry C. 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋