RIP The Final Footprint

#RIP #OTD in 2023, actor (Friends, The Whole Nine Yards, The Whole Ten Yards), Matthew Perry died from the acute effects of ketamine use at his home in Pacific Palisades, California aged 54. Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills. (Bottom middle crypt)

#RIP #OTD 2022, pianist, singer ("Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On", "Great Balls of Fire", "Breathless"), songwriter ("High School Confidential"), The Killer, Jerry Lee Lewis died at his home in Nesbit, Mississippi aged 87. Herron Family Cemetery, Clayton, Louisiana

#RIP #OTD in 2020, singer, songwriter (Honky Tonk Heroes, Georgia on a Fast Train, Old Five and Dimers Like Me, Live Forever), actor, Billy Joe Shaver died from a stroke in Waco, Texas at the age of 81. Waco Memorial Park, Robinson, Texas

#RIP #OTD in 2007, singer ("A Satisfied Mind", "Please Don't Stop Loving Me" duet with Dolly Parton), Porter Wagoner died from lung cancer in Nashville with his family and Dolly at his side, aged 80. Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Nashville

#RIP #OTD in 1998, poet (Birthday Letters), husband of Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes died from a heart attack while undergoing treatment for colon cancer in Southwark, London, aged 68. Cremated remains scattered in Dartmoor, close to the source of the River Taw

#RIP #OTD in 1969, model, actress (Knickerbocker Holiday, Black Angel, Gog), lover of Elia Kazan and Cesare Pavese, Constance Dowling died of a heart attack at UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, aged 49. Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California

#RIP #OTD in 2013, musician, singer, songwriter ("Pale Blue Eyes", "Walk on the Wild Side", "Sweet Jane", "Satellite of Love", "Vicious", "Perfect Day"), Lou Reed died from liver disease at his home in Southampton, New York, at the age of 71. Cremation

#RIP #OTD in 1949, one of France's greatest boxers, world middleweight champion, Édith Piaf's lover, Marcel Cerdan died in a plane crash in São Miguel Island, Azores, on his way to see Piaf in New York, aged 33. Cimetière du Sud, Perpignan, France

#RIP #OTD in 1999, singer-songwriter (Joy to the World, The Pusher, No No Song, Never Been to Spain), guitarist, actor (The Black Stallion, Gremlins), Hoyt Axton died from a heart attack at his home in Victor, Montana aged 61. Riverview Cemetery, Hamilton, Montana

#RIP #OTD in 1952, singer-songwriter, comedian, radio performer, stage and film actress (Gone with the Wind), Academy Award winner, Hattie McDaniel died in Woodland Hills, California from breast cancer aged 57. Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles. McDaniel planned her final footprint in detail, requesting a white casket with a white shroud, white gardenias for her hair, a white gardenia blanket and a pillow of red roses. She also requested to be buried at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, but the management refused because they did not take blacks. In 1999, new management at Hollywood Forever tried to right the wrong and offered to have McDaniel moved but her family declined. Instead, Hollywood Forever built a granite cenotaph memorial on the lawn overlooking the lake to honour McDaniel