Many people like to sing on the job, but for mortuary attendant Kevin Bell, the people he works with aren't usually listening.
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The 65-year-old worked his last shift on Friday, after 16 years of service at the Launceston General Hospital.
In that time Mr Bell performed more than 3000 autopsies, and because of an enthusiastic habit, has become known around the hospital as the "man who sings to the dead".
Now entering his own form of retirement, Mr Bell said he ended up in the role after a bit of soul searching and a naturally curious personality.
"I have had more than 80 different types of jobs over the years," he said.
"This role was really just by accident, but I was always curious. I was up in Cairns a few years ago and I turned up looking for a job and one thing led to another.
"I was a sticky beak down at the mortuary you see and I kept hanging around. One day someone wasn't there and I was, and it just went from there.
"It was just something different. I am not a very good accountant, but you know I do alright in the mortuary. Everyone has there own thing."
As mortuary attendant, Mr Bell shared his time between the morgue and pathology, performing autopsies on anybody who had an unexplained death.
While "just a job", he admitted that singing helped him stay positive during the darker line of work.
"I know the first tune of millions of songs, it's just the second verse I can't get out. I just plod along, doing my own thing," he said.
"People ask what it is like, but if you imagine a car mechanic who is working with Holdens, Toyotas every day, he doesn't remember most of them. It's the same for me.
"That said, I've done just over 3000 post-mortems here and I figure that's a long line of people. If I die and they all come back to get me, I have a problem don't I."
Mr Bell said he was looking forward to spending his retirement relaxing on the East Coast, but joked he might die and "end up back here in the mortuary".
LGH anatomical pathologist in charge Karen Wolfswinkel said Mr Bell's "unique character" would be greatly missed.
"His jolly personality around the place affects everyone, so it's great he doesn't spend all his time in the mortuary, because we love having him out in the laboratory," she said.