Archbishop Desmond Tutu requested cheapest coffin for funeral

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu asked that his coffin not be ostentatious, a request honored at his funeral Saturday.

The famed Anglican archbishop from South Africa “asked that the coffin be the cheapest available” and that there be “no lavish spending” on his funeral. The unadorned pinewood coffin that held his remains as he lay in state and during his funeral honored that request.

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