Remember folks - an empty coffin means you don't have to pay an actor to occupy it! Score another point for the DCP budget department! Seriously,
[spoiler]Even Paul Stoddard's coffin was really empty - They used a still of Dennis Patrick, which looked like it was taken at the moment of a maniacal nervous breakdown!
I'm sure as Patrick was handed his severence pay, one of TPTB casually said, "oh, by the way Dennis, we need one more thing ...." Snap!
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Petofi