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• n  a large burial chamber, usually above ground

• After the family nixed the idea of burying Michael Jackson at Neverland, they decided on a resting place at a celebrity-filled mausoleum in Glendale, Calif.
• A mausoleum on the university grounds in Sapporo still holds the bones of 972 Ainu.
• He has a mausoleum for himself already constructed on the South Side of Chicago into which the words "TRAIL BLAZER" are carved, along with a long list of his accomplishments.

News & Articles

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• Construction trailer burglarized at Myrtle Hill Cemetery
  Someone took several items from a construction trailer at the site of the new Myrtle Hill Mausoleum, according to a Rome police report. According to the report: A member of the construction crew to...
  June 14, 2013 - Rome News-Tribune
• Sue Gilmore: Making music in a mausoleum; Oakland's Chapel of Chimes greets the summer solstice
  Mausoleum in Oakland to host dozens of artists
  June 13, 2013 - San Jose Mercury News
• Making way for a mausoleum
  WAILUKU - With Maui Memorial Park at capacity, the Wailuku cemetery has begun construction on its second mausoleum. "It's going to be beautiful," General Manager Pat Puana said.
  June 10, 2013 - The Maui News

Quotes

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• Mikhail Gorbachev in Independent
  Mr Gorbachev, 77, said: "My view is [that] we should not be occupied right now with grave-digging. But we will necessarily come to a time when the mausoleum will have lost its meaning and we will bury [Lenin], give him up to the earth as his family...
• Randy Jackson in AFP
  I will be there ...... and, yes, the brothers will carry him from the hearse to the front of the mausoleum,Randy Jackson told the celebrity website on Tuesday.
• Mohammed Ali Jinnah in WireUpdate
  It was an honour to pay my respects at the Mausoleum of Quaid-e-Izam Mohammed Ali Jinnah,referring to the founder of Pakistan. "His words spoken in 1947 are just as strong and relevant today: 'My message to you all is of hope, courage and...