HUSKINS, Justice:
When an employee suffers serious bodily disfigurement due to an accident covered by the Worker's Compensation Act and dies from unrelated causes while drawing compensation for temporary total disability, are his dependents entitled to a post mortem award for serious bodily disfigurement? That is the determinative question posed by this appeal.
As of 20 June 1975 when Mr. Wilhite was injured, G.S. 97-31(22) read as follows:
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