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A hologram to remember: Pam and Bill’s love story

21 April 2026

26 minutes

Available for over a year

Pam Cronrath tells her deeply personal story of creating a lifelike speaking hologram of her husband, Bill, after he passed away. Pam wanted to honour a promise she'd made to Bill, for a "super wake". And so Bill's hologram appeared in front of two hundred guests at the event, and surprised them with a verbal greeting.

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Presenter: Shiona McCallum

Producer: Tom Quinn

(Image: Pam Cronrath is standing beside the hologram of her husband, Bill. Credit: George Johnsen)