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catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:30 am | |
| Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay
The son of iconic '50s rock n' roller the Big Bopper has said he plans to sell his late father's casket--which he was buried in for 48 years--on eBay in the next few weeks.
The Big Bopper, real name J.P. Richardson, died along with Buddy Holly and Richie Valens in a plane crash in 1959. The accident has since become known as "the day the music died" after Don McLean recalled the incident in his massive-selling 1972 U.S. number one "American Pie."
The 16-gauge steel casket was exhumed from its original resting place in 2007, because Richardson's son wanted to move his father to a more visible location, reports The Beaumont Enterprise.
"I have no personal use for the casket," Richardson said. "When you get down to it, it is just a metal box. More important is what this particular metal box represents.
"In another 200 years, will people care about rock 'n' roll?" he continued. "Who knows? But why would I want to destroy it? Even though it was dad's resting place for 48 years, it's also a unique opportunity to learn more about the early years of rock 'n' roll."
Richardson, who was born three months after his father's death, said he saw his body for the first time in person after it was exhumed. Buried in a black suit with a blue-and-grey striped tie and socks, the Big Bopper's thick, brown hair was reportedly still in perfect condition. He has since been reburied in a new casket.
Richardson says he plans to use the money raised from the eBay auction to fund a musical show about his father. | |
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catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 22295 Age : 37 Location : Paso Robles, California Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Justin Verlander Reputation : 17 Registration date : 2007-10-05
| Subject: Re: Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:30 am | |
| That seems a little morbid. Who would want it? | |
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swiss_tiger Erie SeaWolf
Number of posts : 1760 Age : 53 Location : Switzerland Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Inge, Inge, Inge and hhmmm Inge. ;-) Reputation : 2 Registration date : 2007-10-05
| Subject: Re: Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:22 am | |
| He will not make the big money he wants i think. Really; who the hell wants to buy a coffin? | |
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catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 22295 Age : 37 Location : Paso Robles, California Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Justin Verlander Reputation : 17 Registration date : 2007-10-05
| Subject: Re: Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:37 am | |
| Some idiot will....there's always some idiot.
The problem is he better hope there are at least 2 idiots - one idiot won't get in a bidding war with himself.
What would you do with the coffin? Bury yourself in it? | |
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GoGetEmTigers DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 57424 Age : 65 Location : Eastern Ohio, near Wheeling WV Favorite Current Tiger(s) : JV, Hunter, Jackson, Porcello, Avila (really ALL of em!) Reputation : 20 Registration date : 2007-10-05
| Subject: Re: Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay Fri Jan 09, 2009 5:17 am | |
| Watch the stupid Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in Cleveland, buy it! | |
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gdennis59 Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 7415 Age : 31 Location : Akron, Ohio Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Todd Jones, Miguel Cabrera, Jeremy Bonderman, Max Scherzer, Scott Sizemore Reputation : 13 Registration date : 2008-03-25
| Subject: Re: Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:00 am | |
| Im sorry, but if there is something for sale that has had someone dead on/in/around/near it, I dont want it. | |
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bobrob2004 DTF1 MODERATOR Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 10646 Age : 39 Location : Warren, MI Reputation : 12 Registration date : 2007-10-05
| Subject: Re: Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:45 am | |
| I see no purpose to use a new casket. He says he has no use for it, but then says he'll be buried in a new casket? It's just a publicity stunt and a way to make money. | |
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catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 22295 Age : 37 Location : Paso Robles, California Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Justin Verlander Reputation : 17 Registration date : 2007-10-05
| Subject: Re: Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:15 pm | |
| I think the watch Buddy Holly died in in that same crash was sold recently. I think it was too damaged in the plane crash to function properly. | |
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gs78 Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:37 pm | |
| What is so great about Big Bopper's coffin
Not to be mean
But didn't he have like only one hit song before he died
I could understand someone buying Elvis Presley or John Lennon's coffin | |
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catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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| Subject: Re: Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:57 pm | |
| He was a famous DJ or something more than a musician...I think.
Really though, what's so great about anyone's coffin?
I wouldn't want Ty Cobb's even if it was free. | |
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gs78 Detroit Tiger
Number of posts : 27687 Age : 45 Location : Trashy Park Michigan Favorite Current Tiger(s) : Dontrelle Willis, Brandon Inge, Maggs, Verlander, Granderson, Pudge and Todd Jones Reputation : 9 Registration date : 2007-10-06
| Subject: Re: Big Bopper's coffin to be sold on eBay Fri Jan 09, 2009 4:59 pm | |
| - catbox_9 wrote:
- He was a famous DJ or something more than a musician...I think.
Really though, what's so great about anyone's coffin?
I wouldn't want Ty Cobb's even if it was free. unless it had money secretly sewn inside the coffin | |
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