Wednesday, May 18, 2016

The couple arrives for the memorial




 John and Cynthia arrive for Brian Epstein's memorial service.  

So I have a question.  Are memorial services in England typically held long after the person has passed away?    I understand that a memorial and a funeral at not the same thing, but all of the memorial services I have attended have occurred about a week or less after the person died.   It seems like all of the memorial services in England that I have seen:  Brian Epstein, Linda McCartney, George Martin, etc have been months after the person's death.      Is there a reason for this?

5 comments:

  1. Hi Sara - a memorial service set for a later date is a fairly common practice, especially if you are expecting people from all over the world to attend. In the case of someone who is well known, like a political leader or someone of the Beatles stature in culture and entertainment, there will be guests with incredibly demanding schedules. A later date is set as courtesy to give people the opportunity to clear their calendars an attend the service.

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  2. I hate to quibble, but I'm pretty sure this picture of George and Pattie is actually from the premier of How I Won The War. And other shots of them arriving at Brian Epstein's memorial service show them dressed more soberly than this.
    -Mark

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  3. You're right, Mark, the George and Pattie shot is from How I Won the War premiere (the day after the Epstein memorial). The John and Cyn shot is them arriving at the memorial.

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  4. You guys are all right. My files are a bit mixed up. MacGregor8--that makes a lot of sense. Of course my family members that passed away and had memorial services did not have fame or a need to wait for important people to clear their schedules. Thanks for the response.

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  5. Having seen so many photos of each of The Beatles arriving for Brian's memorial service, I still find it really odd that John went to a car show that day and bought an Iso Rivolta...unless every photo I've ever seen of that same day is wrong...isn't that a kind of weird thing to do on the way to a memorial service...especially for Brian? Just wonderin'

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