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Leif Segerstam has last laugh on funeral notice

Leif Segerstam has last laugh on funeral notice

Funeral arrangements have been announced for the late Finnish conductor Leif Segerstam.

The service will be held in Helsinki on November 8 at the Meilahti church. Later that day, Finnish National Opera will stage a memorial performance.

Typically, and presumably by his wish, the announcement of his death has been cast as a polyglot pun:

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