The AP reports that the family of Notre Dame football great George Gipp (of Knute Rockne’s famous “Win one for the Gipper!”) recently exhumed their ancestor for DNA testing. The exhumation didn’t sit well with some members of the Gipp family. One called it “a desecration” and another said “Its absolutely ridiculous and uncalled for.”
So, why dig up the Gipper? Apparently to resolve a “sensitive family matter.” So sensitive, in fact, that ESPN was there to record the exhumation. It seems there’s also a book involved.
The Encyclopedia of Death and Dying has info on exhumation law.
-Greg Dahlmann