Body embalmed in Plymouth
- Title
- Body embalmed in Plymouth
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1984
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- Duration
- 00:02:58
- Description
- Interview with a male speaker (poss. artist Robert Lenkiewicz) talking about the embalming and preservation of a human body (poss. the late tramp Edwin MacKenzie (aka Diogenes)) despite opposition from the local health authority in Plymouth. Diogenes was later found in a drawer in Lenkiewicz’s studio. Male interviewer not identified.
- Contributors
- Robert Lenkiewicz?
- Keywords
- Law; Artists; Plymouth; Anatomy; Dead bodies; Anatomical specimens; Medical specimens; Robert Lenkiewicz; Edwin MacKenzie; Diogenes
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LBC/IRN, "Body embalmed in Plymouth". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0015200180016 (Accessed 05 Nov 2025)