Death Masks of the Famous - This is Crazy


	Death Masks of the Famous - This is Crazy
constantskeptic
3-16-2008 2:14 PM
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constantskeptic says:
This is freakin scary, creepy, and I cannot look away!
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3-16-2008 2:58 PM
tanyamm
I think death masks are facsinating. It gives a chance to see what (historical) people really looked like. Paintings can give you an idea but they are usually done to flatter. I'd like to see more.
3-17-2008 12:02 AM
Deepti
I clipped this sometime back....this isn't about masks...it's a whole lot more gory
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		   <H3>Abe Lincoln </H3>
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		   <H3>Alfred Hitchcock </H3>
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		   <H3>Friedrich Nietzsche </H3>
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		   <H3>George Reeves </H3>
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		   <H3>Benjamin Franklin </H3>
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		   <H3>George Washington </H3>
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		   <H3>James Dean </H3>
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		   <H3>John Dillinger </H3>
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		   <H3>Noel Coward </H3>
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		   <H3>Vladimir Lenin </H3>
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		   <H3>Ted Williams </H3>
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		   <H3>Ludwig Van Beethoven </H3>
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		   <H3>Woodrow Wilson </H3>
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