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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Entertainment
Julie McCaffrey

'We have benches to remembered loved ones - just like Ricky Gervais in After Life'

Sitting on a bench near his wife’s grave gives Tony, Ricky Gervais’ character in his hit series After Life, time to ponder life’s meaning.

This week Netflix donated 25 benches, each with QR codes leading to suicide-awareness websites, to mark the show’s third series.

Here we share five poignant stories behind memorial seats bereaved families have already installed across Britain.

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