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         outta the Tombs more often.  
         You really don't know who 
         she is?
 
                1ST CORONER'S ATTENDANT
         Past tense.

VAN BUREN zaps him with a withering glare.  Wise guy.  The 1ST CORONER’S ATTENDANT shifts uncomfortably on his feet as VAN BUREN continues:

                        VAN BUREN
         She useta be somebody.  Ten years 
         ago she was a big star in this town—
 
                 2ND CORONER'S ATTENDANT
         Her? 
 
                 1ST CORONER'S ATTENDANT
         You don't say…
 
                        VAN BUREN
         They didn't come any bigger.  Boys,
         you are now feasting your eyes upon
         the mortal remains of…
                 (dramatic pause)
         Miss Dorothy Dandridge.