- I hope no one gets offended by this
No disrespect; maybe some want to see where their favorite artists are resting in peace:

Billie Holiday:


Donny Hathaway:


Left Eye:



Aaliyah:


Sam Cooke:


- If the images are well-received, I will post more and can tell you that some don't have graves for they were cremated

- Hopefully, all these pics are indeed trustworthy

Florence Ballard's:



Mary Wells':


[Edited 5/24/09 19:24pm]

The Temptations:

Paul Williams:



David Ruffin:



Close-up of David's grave site:



Melvin Franklin's:



Eddie Kendricks:





Jackie Wilson's:


[Edited 5/24/09 19:33pm]

Timmy84 said:

Great list; many I would've forgotten

Mstrustme said:

Thanks, if I find more I'll post 'em. to the fallen legends...

Mstrustme said:

Is there a close-up of Lisas plaque?

Two of my personal musical heroes:

Jimi:





Bob Marley:

James Jamerson's (Motown's premier legendary bassist):





Otis Redding's:





Rick James':

FutureGirl said:

Mstrustme said:

Thank you

Cool. Got any pics of Roger Troutman's and James Brown's?

WOW


I cant even say anything else....

FutureGirl said:

You're welcome

Adisa said:

- James has a temporary site and there are no pics on the website I'm using; here's Roger's:

Adisa said:

Dammit, lol. Mstrustme beat me to it.
[Edited 5/26/09 9:04am]

Thanks for all of these. I never went to look them up before, not sure why. We lost so many greats.

Mstrustme said:

Roger's grave site is done very nicely-I miss him.

What about Marvin's?

Syreeta Wright's:



Minnie Riperton's:



Dusty Springfield's:



O'Kelly Isley (Isley Brothers):

nurseV said:

Marvin was cremated. His ashes reportedly were sent to the Pacific Ocean.
[Edited 5/26/09 9:10am]

I miss Syreeta too what a beautiful voice. I miss everyone posted here.

Timmy84 said:

Thank you-still fitting for such a great talent

Goin' to the blues, lol.

Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett:



His name is on the left.

Muddy Waters:



Soul singer Betty Everett ("The Shoop-Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)"):

nurseV said:

Yes it is.

Johnnie Taylor's:



Rufus Thomas':

Timmy84 said:

really miss Johnny Taylor too His Put It In A Magazine is one of my fav songs Very nice touching thread.

Renaldo "Obie" Benson (Four Tops):






(I didn't know he served in the Army)

Johnny Bristol ("Hang On in There, Baby", songwriter of "These Things Will Keep Me Loving You", "What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)" and "Someday We'll Be Together"):



Lawrence Payton (Four Tops):





Levi Stubbs (Four Tops):



Tammi Terrell's:



Junior Walker's:

Thanks Tim and MsTrustme for all these.

NMuzakNSoul said:

You're welcome!

Levi must be buried in Detroit from the looks of it And yes thanks for posting them.

NMuzakNSoul said:

- No problemo

nurseV said:

Yeah he's buried in Detroit.

Jim Morrison of The Doors - Pere Lachaise, Paris



Sorry you cannot see his name better. I took the photo and that was a close as I could get.