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At the height of Microsoft's power in the 1990s, a software rival referred to the two as Pearly Gates and the Embalmer.

From Reuters • Oct. 27, 2010

In Milwaukee, Embalmer Carl J. Suckow, 43, pleaded innocent to speeding charges because he was "on a death call," but Judge Frank Gregorski fined him $25 because there was "no need to hurry."

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