JIM GERNHART

    THE LIVING CORPSE 

The man who held his own funeral . . .  several times.

James Nelson Gernhart was the most famous resident of Burlington, Colorado in the 1950's.  Known worldwide as "The Living Corpse," after he held his own funeral in 1951 and received international publicity.  Jim Gernhart continued to gain fame by holding annual funerals drawing even more attention from the media. His "last" funeral was held in 1980 after his death.

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This site was created to share a collection of news clippings about Jim Gernhart gathered by Nathan Krämer and his step-grandmother, Avis Bader Schritter.