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And today a full page from our "Weekend Morning hours" Almanac: September 6th, 1997,articleMichael Jackson wanted to play Jar Jar Bink,Ray Ban Sunglasses,article48 Hours  podcast  The Hannah Graham Story, 18 years back today ... the day a kingdom stated farewell to a princess ... and heard a musical tribute to her memory space.
For your was your day Sir Elton John sang a fresh edition of "Candle in the Wind" at the funeral of Princess Diana at Westminster Abbey in London.
Diana have been wiped out in a car crash in Paris the week before at just 36 years of age,Ugg Outlet.
The sense of loss so many people in Britain felt was captured by Elton John's longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin,Ray Ban Clubmaster, who updated the words of the 1973 melody he'd originally written about Marilyn Monroe:

Farewell England's increased.
May you ever grow inside our hearts,Ugg Boots.
You were the grace that placed itself
Where lives had been torn apart,Nike Air Max.
You called out to our country
So you whispered to people in discomfort.
You now belong to heaven
As well as the stars explain your name.
And it appears to me you resided your daily life
Like a candle in the blowing wind,
Hardly ever fading with the sunset
When the rainfall occur,Air Max Kaufen.
As well as your footsteps will usually fall right here
Along England's greenest hills.
Your candle's burnt out long before
Your tale ever will.
To hear Elton John's functionality of "Candle in the Wind," go through the video player below.

A personal friend of Diana's,Ray Ban Glasses, Elton John has never again sung his tribute to Diana in public areas. However, his studio room recording from the music,Ray Ban Wayfarer, released a couple weeks later on, quickly became a musical trend.
With around 33 million copies sold worldwide,articleAlmanac  Jane Russell - CBS News1, the single topped the graphs for 14 straight weeks,Ray Ban UK, using the proceeds going to the Diana,Nike Air Max, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.

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