History

Which famous person became more alive after their death than before?

Oliver Cromwell (corpse hanged after death)

Background

Oliver Cromwell ruled England as Lord Protector. He died peacefully in bed in 1658. But three years later the royalists dug up his body. They hung it publicly on the gallows and cut off his head. The head was displayed on a pike for 300 years.

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