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In case you missed the news, Keiko ("Free Willy") the whale, and inspiration for too many Clinton jokes died this weekend. CNN reports on the private funeral ceremony:

Keiko, the killer whale star of the "Free Willy" movies, was buried Monday in a snow-bound pasture during the deep darkness of Nordic winter in a ceremony kept secret from the public. [cnn]

It does sound beautiful:

</samp>In freezing temperatures and a heavy snow storm, the killer whale was dragged by an excavating machine and two tractors to the burial site about 10 meters from shore.[nyt]</samp>