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Cape Cod Woman Honors Father's Love Of Space By Sending His Ashes Into Orbit
"He would let me press buttons and help him edit, I was his little apprentice," daughter Melanie Sharrow said.
December 27, 2024
BOSTON - A Cape Cod, Massachusetts woman will honor her father's lifelong obsession with outer space by sending his ashes into orbit around the earth this spring.
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"His soul is already up there but let's put his ashes up there too," said Melanie Sharrow.
David Lavender was a news photographer and editor on Cape Cod who worked with NBC. Sharrow remembers her father fondly.
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David Lavender and his daughter, Melanie Sharrow/Melanie Sharrow/CBS Boston
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