Hugo Chavez 's embalmed body is to be placed on display in a glass casket . This follows in a tradition that includes Lenin , Mao Zedong and North Korea 's Kim Il Sung . Comment: ` But on more recent visits , Tumarkin found much has changed . It 's like being in a wax museum -- the magic has long since gone '' ` ` It 's the last thing you can ever do for anybody , '' says a UK embalmer of his trade .
Hugo Chavez 's embalmed body is to be placed on display in a glass casket . This follows in a tradition that includes Lenin , Mao Zedong and North Korea 's Kim Il Sung . Comment: ` It 's like being in a wax museum -- the magic has long since gone '' ` ` It 's the last thing you can ever do for anybody , '' says a UK embalmer of his trade .