Los Angeles County to Honor, Bury 1,937 Unclaimed Dead From 2020

Published on December 14, 2023

LOS ANGELES—An estimated 1,937 unclaimed individuals who died in 2020 during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic will be laid to rest Dec. 14. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, along with the Department of Health Services, Office of Decedent Affairs, and the Los Angeles General Medical Center Chaplains, will have a non-denominational interfaith burial ceremony for the county’s unclaimed dead at the L.A. County Cemetery. Local faith leaders will preside over the burial of decedents in a single communal grave, offering a “compassionate opportunity” to pay respects to individuals who died as a result of the challenges of the pandemic....

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