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Catherine Mackinlay

'I've attended over 200 strangers' funerals' - meet the "funeral crasher" fascinated by death

A woman who has become known as the "funeral crasher" has attended send offs for over 200 strangers. Fifty-five-year-old Jeane Trend-Hill says she's "fascinated" with death and has travelled the world visiting cemeteries.

She began attending funerals after accidentally crashing one when she walked into a church during a service in 2012. After gaining a reputation for visiting graves, cemetery workers at Jeane's local haunt started to contact her when the deceased didn’t have any family or friends to see if she could attend their funeral.

Her family even joke and call her a "rent a mourner". The purpose is to make sure no one is cremated or buried alone and she also spends hours photographing and tidying graves.

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