New Zealand artist brings life to funerals with bizarre coffins

Attendants at Phil McLean's funeral were shocked, but delighted, by their dearly departed's coffin, which was shaped like a giant cream donut. Phil's own cousin, Ross Hall, created the coffin at his business in Auckland: Dying Art.

'It overshadowed the sadness and the hard times in the last few weeks,' said [Phil's] widow, Debra. — Read the rest