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Music News 

A lot of famous musicians showed up at Lisa Marie Presley’s memorial. Watch.

January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alanis Morissette, Axl Rose, Billy Corgan, Funeral, Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley, Memorial

Lisa Marie Presley was interred in a crypt at Graceland over the weekend next to her father and son. Attending

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Details finally begin to emerge about the death of Taylor Hawkins. What really happened? [With updates on the fallout from this article]

May 18, 2022May 20, 2022 Alan Cross 44 Comments Autopsy, Cardiac Collapse, Cause of Death, Enlarged Heart, Foo Fighters, Funeral, Heart Attack, Overdose, Taylor Hawkins, Toxicology

It’s been two months since a call went out from Casa Medina, a Four Seasons property, in an area of

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Music News 

At some point, the Foo Fighters are going to have to tell us what happened to Taylor Hawkins. Or do they? (Slight update. Read the comments.)

April 11, 2022April 18, 2022 Alan Cross 160 Comments Cause of Death, Foo Fighters, Funeral, Memorial Service, Taylor Hawlins

[Note: Before you go any further, you should probably read my post “People Need to Stop Jumping to Conclusions About

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WTF? 

Dead rapper gets the full Weekend at Bernie’s treatment.

April 5, 2022April 6, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Funeral, Goonew, Party, Rapper

Nope. This isn’t weird at all. Right? Back on March 18, a rapper named Goonew was shot in the parking

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WTF? 

This funeral for a Toronto drummer got real weird, real fast

April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 Alan Cross 5 Comments Bonny Brent, Drummer, Funeral, Toronto

Bonny Brent died recently at the age of 73. Given his life-long love of music and playing the drums, family

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Cool! 

Arcade Fire Performs Funeral Album In Full

September 23, 2018September 21, 2018 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments Album, Arcade Fire, Funeral, Los Angeles

Well, that’s quite a way to open your set at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre! Arcade Fire performed Funeral in full

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Lists 

Looking for a Song for Your Funeral? Here are 78 Suggestions.

November 11, 2017November 10, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Funeral, Songs

This is pretty grim, but given that we’re all going to shuffle off one day, it’s always good to think

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Music News 

Gord Downie’s Family is Hoping for Some Kind of Public Memorial–At Some Point

October 20, 2017March 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Funeral, Gord Downie, Memorial

At some point on Friday (October 20), the family of Gord Downie had a private gathering to remember their husband,

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Music News 

They Buried Chester Bennington Saturday

July 30, 2017July 31, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Chester Bennington, Funeral

Chester Bennington was laid to rest in Los Angeles on Saturday (July 29) after a private ceremony. His family had

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Music News 

Chris Cornell Laid to Rest in Los Angeles

May 27, 2017May 27, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chris Cornell, Funeral, Hollywood Forever

Say hello 2 heaven. Chris Cornell’s funeral was held today (May 26) at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.

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Music News 

Chris Cornell’s Funeral Plans Revealed

May 23, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chris Cornell, Funeral, Hollywood Forvever

While we await the results of the toxicology report, Chris Cornell will be laid to rest this Friday (May 26)

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