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Jack Karlson funeral: wisecracks and tears as Brisbane sends enigmatic criminal off to ‘succulent Chinese meal’ in the sky

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Jack Karlson , 82 , was buried in a cemetery in Brisbane on Monday afternoon .

Karlson was buried under the name Cecil George Edwards .

The question was: which name would mark his final resting place? Would it be the name by which he was known during his stints in Australia ’s most notorious prisons? Or would it be any of the various aliases he adopted on the run from the law: Chick Edwards .

Karlson ’s favourite Keno numbers and yet another alias’: Uncle Cheque .

“Rest in peace Uncle and keep laughing,” said his niece Kim .

Under a photo in which his arms are spread wide as if in prayer, he wears a poncho, clutches a beer and has a sombrero.

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