WRITTEN, PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY
Miri Navasky & Karen O'Connor
EDITOR
Daisy Wright
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ben McCoy
SOUND
Steve Roseboom
FIELD PRODUCER
Courtney Hayes
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
Justine Simonson
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Justin Samaha
ADDITIONAL CAMERA
Steve McCarthy
Michael Dejarlais
ADDITIONAL SOUND
Carl Franson
Brian Foley
Tom Williams
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Laura Minnear
ONLINE EDITOR
Jim Ferguson
SOUND MIX
Jim Sullivan
Excerpts from "The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade," by Thomas Lynch, W.W. Norton & Co., New York, New York
SPECIAL THANKS
Gene Andrus
Anna Dugan
Ken Kutzli
Mary Callaghan Lynch
Tim Lynch, Jr.
Wesley Rice
Martin Tata
The Bettisworth Family
The Breniser Family
Mary Ann Davis and Family
The Kelly Family
The King Family
Mary Leonard and Anne Beardsley
The Miner Family
The Stott Family
The Verrino Family
The Watkins Family
And the staff at Angela Hospice
DIRECTOR OF BROADCAST
Tim Mangini
POST PRODUCTION DIRECTOR
Chris Fournelle
ON AIR PROMOTION PRODUCER
Missy Frederick
SENIOR AVID EDITOR
Steve Audette
AVID EDITORS
Jim Ferguson
John MacGibbon
Michael H. Amundson
ASSISTANT EDITOR
Ming Xue
POST PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Erin Anguish
SERIES MUSIC
Mason Daring
Martin Brody
SENIOR PUBLICIST
Diane Buxton
PUBLICIST
Alissa Rooney
OUTREACH MANAGER
Sandy St. Louis
INTERACTIVE MARKETER
Jessica Smith
PROMOTION DESIGNER
Peter Lyons
ASSOCIATE PUBLICIST
Phil Zimmerman
MARKETING CONSULTANT
Kito Cetrulo
SECRETARY
Nina Hazen
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
Susanna Thompson
COMPLIANCE MANAGER
Lisa Palone
LEGAL
Eric Brass
Jay Fialkov
Janice Flood
Scott Kardel
CONTRACTS MANAGER
Cynthia Ahn
UNIT MANAGER
Mary Sullivan
BUSINESS MANAGER
Tobee Phipps
WEBSITE ASSOCIATE DEVELOPER
Bill Rockwood
WEBSITE RESEARCH ASSISTANT
David Kieley
WEBSITE PRODUCER
Richard Parr
WEBSITE COORDINATING PRODUCER
Sarah Moughty
DIRECTOR OF NEW MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY
Sam Bailey
COORDINATING PRODUCER
Robin Parmelee
STORY EDITOR
Catherine Wright
SENIOR PRODUCER SPECIAL PROJECTS
Sharon Tiller
SENIOR EDITOR
Ken Dornstein
SENIOR PRODUCER
Raney Aronson-Rath
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR
Marrie Campbell
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER SPECIAL PROJECTS
Michael Sullivan
SERIES MANAGER
Jim Bracciale
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
Louis Wiley Jr.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
David Fanning
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