When Bridget Cavanagh died the following year, a newspaper announcement on July 3, 1856, invited friends to attend her funeral “at her late residence, West 107th Street and Bloomingdale Road.” Mr. Judd ended his day at the Woodlawn Hotel at West 107th Street and Eleventh Avenue. This w...
birthday parties, family meetings and prayer time.I recall our weekly ritual of doing a “blessing cup” ceremony, where each of us would take the blessing cup and talk about something we are thankful for. Ruby, who was very young when we started the tradition, always said the same thing:...
Not that WrestleMania is the right place or time for a two-minute, groan-worthy ad for the season premiere of Deadliest Catch where Mick Foley, Santino, and Keith Colburn punch crab meat until Ron Simmons appears to yell, “DAMN!” It just so happens that this came less than a half hou...
Val Weston:“She had a very big funeral. The Premier of New South Wales sent a telegram of condolence. She had a lot to do with the aboriginal movement and she knew a lot of….she knew a lot of celebrities.” “I remember when she got a Christmas card from Smokey Dawson. Lionel ...
was half in the bag that evening — the only time I’ve ever been drunk onstage in my life,” Don Everly toldRolling Stone. “I knew it was the last night, and on the way out I drank some tequila, drank some champagne — started celebrating the demise. It was really a funeral.”...
In 1759 he published the short novel called Rasselas : it was written to defray the expenses of his mother’s funeral; and he wrote it “in the evenings of a week.” The year 1762 saw him with a pension from the Government of £300 a-year; and henceforth he was free from heavy ...
The meetinghouse was then sold to Tate Mortuary for use in viewings and funeral services. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The building holds the distinction of being one of the oldest continuously-used buildings in the region and one of the only LDS meeting...
Johnny Cashpaidfor Sherley’s funeral. Sherley was buried outside Bakersfield, California, a place made famous by another singer-songwriter who had attended a Johnny Cash concert while in San Quentin prison,Merle Haggard. Sherley’s Legacy
“He wasn’t just a friend,” said Eddie Vedder. “He was someone I looked up to like my older brother.” AG Chester Bennington Daniel Knighton/Getty Year: 2017; Age: 41 When Bennington died in June of this year, he was at the top of his career. Linkin Park’s...
His funeral was broadcast on the radio. He was laid to rest near a life-size bronze statue of him on Faraway Farm. Over the years, fans flocked to pay their respects. In the 1970’s the grave and statue were moved to the newly opened Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington where fans still...