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Net Copper
Oct 18, 2002, 12:47:58 PM10/18/02
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A British artist kept the preserved body of a tramp at his studio for nearly
20 years, The Times newspaper says. The embalmed body of Edwin McKenzie was
discovered in the workshop of his former close friend Plymouth artist Robert
Lenkiewicz who himself died this summer. McKenzie had been preserved and
hidden in 1984. "I am satisfied he (McKenzie) died of natural causes and I
am now prepared to release the body," Plymouth coroner Nigel Meadows was
quoted as saying. "The practical difficulty is to whom." Lenkiewicz often
used vagrants as models for his paintings, which often carried an
anti-establishment message.
20 years, The Times newspaper says. The embalmed body of Edwin McKenzie was
discovered in the workshop of his former close friend Plymouth artist Robert
Lenkiewicz who himself died this summer. McKenzie had been preserved and
hidden in 1984. "I am satisfied he (McKenzie) died of natural causes and I
am now prepared to release the body," Plymouth coroner Nigel Meadows was
quoted as saying. "The practical difficulty is to whom." Lenkiewicz often
used vagrants as models for his paintings, which often carried an
anti-establishment message.
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