LVA Question of the Day - 12 MAY 2011
Q: I am reading the excellent Huntington Press publication,
The First 100 -- Portraits of the Men and Women Who Shaped
Las Vegas. While reading about Liberace and the cause of his
death, it was touching to read that his family, his Las
Vegas physician, and his Palm Springs physician all appeared
to want Liberace to have a private and dignified closure to
his life. It was very upsetting to read that before Liberace
could be put to rest, his body was seized by the (then)
Riverside County Coroner and autopsied, after which he told
the world that Liberace had been carrying the HIV virus. Was
this coroner obligated by law to autopsy the body? And if an
autopsy was mandatory, did the results have to be shared
with the world or could discretion have been used? It
appears more like someone just wanted their 15 minutes of
fame and didn't care how much damage they caused in the
process of achieving that goal. If the coroner did act
outside the boundaries of his position, did the family take
any action against him for, at the very least, invasion of
privacy? Every detail of someone's life does not have to be
advertised to the world.
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