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	After 30 years,&nbsp;Alan Burke is retiring as the gravedigger at Fort Hill&nbsp;Cemetery in Montauk. NewsdayTV&rsquo;s Steve Langford reports.&nbsp;
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The only Montauk gravedigger retires after 30 years

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After 30 years, the Montauk gravedigger retires 

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