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William Saroyan's Ashes Buried
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Dateline: FRESNO, Calif.
The ashes of writer William Saroyan were laid to rest 20 years after
his death, in the town that inspired his stories.
The burial Sunday came amid Fresno's first Saroyan Festival _ held
to honor the author, playwright and the city's most famous native
son.
Half of Saroyan's ashes were sent to Armenia after he died at age
72 on May 18, 1981, and the other half had been sitting in obscurity
on a Fresno chapel's shelf.
Saroyan's son, Aram, and daughter, Lucy, attended the burial service
at a grave near railroad tracks on the outskirts of town. His ...
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