Thanks for sharing with those who couldn't be there..but that info on the
wreaths is weird... My neighbour used to call me Durex when i was a kid but
it never clicked with me that Ian would get the same... Irony and
coincidence are funny things aren't they
>From: "Richard Groves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: [total-madness] Ian Dury's Funeral
>Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 17:35:58 +0100
>
>Dear All
>
>In case you weren't aware Ian Dury's funeral took place today. The
>piece from BBC News nicely captured today's events, I have posted it
>below. If you want to check out some pictures of the day's events,
>see the link after the article. Note the large involvement from the
>Madness boys, well done lads.
>
>Stay Nutty
>Rich
>************************
>Mourners including Robbie Williams and Cabinet Office Minister Mo
>Mowlam joined 250 mourners at the funeral of rock star Ian Dury, who
>died last week. A traditional horse and carriage led the cortege from
>Belsize Park, north London, picking up mourners from his family home
>in Hampstead and passing near Kilburn High Road, which gave its name
>to his first band.
>
>A pair of bay horses with black plumes drew a glass-sided carriage
>containing his coffin, draped in a black cloth. Members of the band
>Madness acted as his pall-bearers at Golders Green crematorium.
>
>Dury, who died after a long battle with cancer aged 57, was one of
>their inspirations and performed on their recent single Drip Fed
>Fred. Robbie Williams travelled to Sri Lanka with Dury in 1998 to
>work for the charity Unicef, while Mo Mowlam was a fan of the singer,
>who had seen him in concert weeks before he died.
>
>Other mourners included BBC Radio 1 DJ Annie Nightingale, who
>championed Dury's career in the late 1970s, and musician Nick Lowe, a
>label-mate of his on Stiff Records.
>
>Humanist Annette Furley, who conducted the service, said: "He was one
>of the few original personalities in the music business. He used to
>write music that made you want to dance and also made you laugh. He
>was aware that he couldn't sing but he knew that he had a good
>feeling for tempo and rhythm. When told a year ago he was going to
>die, in true Ian style his reaction was 'Oh blimey'. He never lost
>his sense of humour. Even on the day he died he was still telling
>jokes".
>
>Speaking of his love for his two youngest children, Bill and Albert,
>Ms Furley added: "The only time he became sad about his illness was
>when he knew he would not see them grow up. He inspired all those
>around him and changed people's lives. Many people have said what
>they did because of Ian. He continued to gig even through his illness
>and he never lost his sense of humour. Even on the day he died he was
>still telling jokes."
>
>There were more than 60 wreaths for the singer, many of them tongue-
>in-cheek. One was a floral tribute in the shape of a pint of
>Guinness, another shaped like a guitar, and one from Madness, reading
>"Uncle Ian from Madness". Others read "Oi Oi", "Dad", and "Durex" - a
>play on his name.
>
>His second wife, sculptor Sophy Tilson, was at the crematorium, along
>with their children Bill and Albert. His grown-up children, Jemima
>and Baxter, from his first marriage to Betty, were also there.
>
>Many watched the service on a TV screen outside. Dury's band, The
>Blockheads, performed a song on which he had worked with them in the
>week before his death.
>
>After the service, Robbie Williams called him a "wonderful man".
>"Because of Ian I went to Sri Lanka with Unicef. I am off to
>Mozambique this year to carry on Ian's work," the singer said. "He's
>been an inspiration - as a person and as a musician - and my thoughts
>are with his family and friends. May he rest in peace."
>
>Mourners then continued the service by heading to the Forum venue in
>Kentish Town, where Dury performed when it was called the Town and
>Country Club.
>************************
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/entertainment/newsid_702000/702720.st
>m
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