I wonder if a very extremely unpopular person would request that be done when he dies, his ego being what it is. Have a very very very very very large budget to pay seat sitters to fill the church seats and the cemetery ceremony seats and the memorial celebration seats and wherever else the dead person shows up to make it appear that he was mourned by many, beloved by many, and will be missed by many. They could also hire two-bit actors to give eulogies and cry. Not that anyone anywhere would ever need to do that. Right? No one YOU can think of off hand, right?
