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This video aims to give the viewer an impression of Eddie Cochran's final resting place at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Cypress, California. Eddie was laid to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park near Buena Park Monday, April 25th, 1960 at 10am. His parents Alice and Frank Cochran, his brothers and sisters were joined by some 250 mourners. The service lead by the Rev C Sumner Reynolds of the Maywood Methodist Church. Eddie's brothers Bob and Bill placed a wreath of red and white carnations shaped like a guitar. Amongst the mourners was Mrs Concepcion Valens, mother of Ritchie Valens, who died the year before.

Video recorded and narration by Antoon van Olderen