HMVNipper
Mar 24, 2002, 04:44 AM
An interesting article from the AP. I think it's kinda cool, actually, not morbid at all!
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DJ Alan Freed Enshrined in Rock Hall
CLEVELAND (AP) — The late, legendary disc jockey Alan Freed has been enshrined at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame — literally.
A brass urn containing Freed's ashes have been sealed in an undisclosed wall at the rock hall.
Freed, who died in 1965 at age 43, popularized the term ``rock 'n' roll,'' and Cleveland staked its claim to the rock hall on his legacy.
His remains had been interred at a mausoleum in Hartsdale, N.Y. Freed's four children and third wife approved the move.
The marble plaque that marked his gave now hangs in the rock hall lobby.
``I'm sure some people will find it unusual and others might find it morbid,'' said Terry Stewart, rock hall president and chief executive. ``It's certainly appropriate in a rock 'n' roll sense to have his final resting place here.''
Lance Freed said it was what his father would have wanted.
``My father was very much a public figure. He said, 'Look, if something happens to me, just two things: I want to be near the music and I want to be near the public.' He lived for ... the music,'' he said.
The ashes were delivered Wednesday, and a brief service was held Thursday, the 50th anniversary of his Moondog Coronation Ball at the old Cleveland Arena, an event widely regarded as the first rock concert.
Freed was part of the first class of rock hall inductees in 1986.
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DJ Alan Freed Enshrined in Rock Hall
CLEVELAND (AP) — The late, legendary disc jockey Alan Freed has been enshrined at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame — literally.
A brass urn containing Freed's ashes have been sealed in an undisclosed wall at the rock hall.
Freed, who died in 1965 at age 43, popularized the term ``rock 'n' roll,'' and Cleveland staked its claim to the rock hall on his legacy.
His remains had been interred at a mausoleum in Hartsdale, N.Y. Freed's four children and third wife approved the move.
The marble plaque that marked his gave now hangs in the rock hall lobby.
``I'm sure some people will find it unusual and others might find it morbid,'' said Terry Stewart, rock hall president and chief executive. ``It's certainly appropriate in a rock 'n' roll sense to have his final resting place here.''
Lance Freed said it was what his father would have wanted.
``My father was very much a public figure. He said, 'Look, if something happens to me, just two things: I want to be near the music and I want to be near the public.' He lived for ... the music,'' he said.
The ashes were delivered Wednesday, and a brief service was held Thursday, the 50th anniversary of his Moondog Coronation Ball at the old Cleveland Arena, an event widely regarded as the first rock concert.
Freed was part of the first class of rock hall inductees in 1986.
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Rooftop Sessions - The Finest In Beatles-Related Fiction. www.rooftopsessions.com (http://www.rooftopsessions.com) March 2002 Issue Now Up!
"O superb! O Manhattan, my own, my peerless! O strongest you in the hour of danger, in crisis! O truer than steel!" -- Walt Whitman
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