Friday, January 02, 2009

Bid Early and Often

Big Bopper's casket a macabre marketable on e-bay >> www.beaumontenterprise.com - Local: "Rock 'n' roll's most macabre historical artifact will go on the block when the family of the late 1950s pop star J.P. 'The Big Bopper' Richardson auctions his casket on eBay sometime in the next few weeks - almost 50 years after 'the day the music died.'

The Big Bopper's 16-gauge steel casket was exhumed last year from his original grave at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Beaumont so it could be moved to a more visible location with a life-sized statue and historic marker. The disinterment also offered forensic experts a chance - with his family's blessing - to examine the pop singer's unautopsied remains after his death in rock 'n' roll's first great tragedy."

6 comments:

Todd Mason said...

Why do I see a collaborative novel by Ed Gorman and you awaiting us in this story?

Unknown said...

I'll just let Ed run with it.

Todd Mason said...

Westlake certainly could've spun a good story out of it.

Sigh.

Cap'n Bob said...

I presume the Big Bopper won't be inside the casket.

Todd Mason said...

"But...But...But...Honey, You KNOW That I'm Ripe!" Or, really, post-ripe.

Anonymous said...

I heard it's lined with Chantilly lace.