A long time ago I read that a hotel had cut the sheets the Beatles had slept on into square inches & auctioned them off (I suppose, actually, there are contractual provisions to prevent that kind of thing). Then, when Lennon was shot, there was a lot of smarm in the media about how tasteless it was for people to cash in on the event. I thought, tasteless, hell -- they should freeze his body, cut it into cubic millimeters, pot them in plastic, and attach certificates of the organs of origin. A seamless continuation of celebrity life!