His great grandfather, in 1910, found the skeleton in a boarded-up closet when he was renovating a Waterbury building.
He even sat a skeleton in the front row in a seat he pretended was for Anna Wintour.
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"He was displayed the way you'd see a skeleton in a doctor's office, " says Marie Galbraith, the museum's executive director.
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Working with Philippa Langley, of the Richard III Society, a University of Leicester team uncovered a skeleton in September 2012 and its identity was confirmed earlier this month.
If that were the only skeleton in the army's cupboard, it might be able to pin the blame on the unpopular general and get on with rebuilding its image.
The city council is currently converting the school into a Richard III visitor centre, which it hopes to open in time for the reinterment of the skeleton in May 2014.
Rather than hide their skeleton in the closet, the city of Nederland chose to introduce the world to "Grandpa Bredo" (as he is affectionately known) with their midwinter festival, this year held March 4 through 6.
One of his most enduring characters is La Calavera Catrina, a female skeleton in an elaborate low-cut dress and flamboyant flower-covered hat, suggestively revealing a bony leg and an ample bust that is all ribs and no cleavage.
There are even more nooks and crannies to snoop around in, skeleton key in hand, looking for clues about the nature of the relationship between Lewis Carroll and his young muse Alice Liddell.
He changed that, staffing precincts in high-crime areas on peak crime days with extra police and cutting back to a skeleton staff in quieter areas and times.
He changed that, staffing precincts in high-crime areas on peak crimes days with extra police and cutting back to a skeleton staff in quieter areas and times.
"We had a breakfast chat Straussy and I, and we've got a skeleton plan in place, " said Flower.
Court documents state the skeleton is in the custody of Cadogan Tate Fine Art in Sunnyside, New York.
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It was discovered, along with much of the rest of her skeleton, in the Hadar region of Ethiopia, in 2000.
There are 16 skeleton tracks in the world, one of which is part of the U.S. Olympics Sports Complex in Lake Placid, N.
Five years ago, Apple had a relatively skeleton crew in China, with 50 to 75 people focused largely on retail and online stores, according to former employees.
Science editor Alan Boyle's blog: A fossil skeleton found in central Nevada's desert years ago has been identified as belonging to a 30-foot-long sea monster that ruled beneath the waves 244 million years ago.
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The tumors came back with a vengeance, and cancer -- and its treatments -- hollowed my big, beautiful, lush-coated boy to a weak, wobbly, 85 pound skeleton covered in clumps of patchy fur, and unable hold his bowels or bladder.
Great Britain were led in by skeleton slider Shelley Rudman resplendent in a white jacket and navy blue trousers and a red beret.
Encased in sandstone, the skeleton has been excavated in seven blocks by experts from the Dinosaur Isle Museum.
Britain's leading man in the bob skeleton actually has a PhD in his chosen sport.
It claimed six more in skeleton (revived as an Olympic sport this year) and short-track ice-skating (added in 1994).
In the Turin Olympics four years ago, Shelley Rudman's silver, also in skeleton, was Britain's sole medal.
But Sue's skeleton, excavated in 1990 from South Dakota's Black Hills, is more than 90 percent original.
That's a massive skeleton to have in the closest, but it's a closet the players are trying to keep shut.
Winslow is also a pro golfer, hailing from Phoenix AZ and a 2014 Winter Olympic hopeful in Skeleton, a form of 80 mph Pilates on ice.
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Reading East MP Rob Wilson said last year an attempt should be made to find and unearth the king's remains after Richard III's skeleton was discovered in Leicester.
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