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Elton John Plays at Princess Diana’s Funeral

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This week on September 6, 1997, an estimated 2.6 billion people around the world watched on television the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales. Before the death of the 36 year-old Diana Spencer in a car crash in Paris, people around the world admired her since her fairytale wedding through the end of her marriage and through her humanitarian work. Her tragic death at her young age catapulted her to an icon status like other celebrities who had died at young ages.

So it was not surprising how well the Elton John and Bernie Taupin song “Candle in the Wind,” originally written about Marilyn Monroe easily translated into a ballad about the English Rose. If you watched this performance at Westminster Abbey on TV all those years ago, the odds are good that you did not make it through with dry eyes.

What do you remember most about Princess Diana’s funeral? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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