Cremation of a dead body is carried out at a temperature ranging between 1400 to 1800 degrees Fahrenheit. The intense heat helps reduce the body to its basic elements and dried bone fragments.
Jack Kerouac, original name Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac (born March 12, 1922, Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S.âdied October 21, 1969, St. Petersburg, Florida), American novelist, poet, and leader of the Beat movement whose most famous book, On the Road (1957), had broad cultural influence before it was recognized for its literary merits.
Trotsky died of his injuries a day later, aged 60. Mercader was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison; he was released in 1960. Murder scene where Spanish communist Ramon Mercader assassinated Leon Trotsky on 20 August 1940, in Coyoacan, Mexico. Illustration: Photograph: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis.