Big Bopper's Coffin Up for Auction

[apes3978]

Just the idea of him having his father dug up for basically no other reason then to make money makes me sick.

The cemetary is the one that wanted the coffin dug up so it could be moved... It was at that time that he decided to do all the other stuff, since it was exhumed already.

He had the coffin up on eBay once before and took it down almost right away, using the excuse that it was listed to draw attention to his dad so someone might decide to fund a movie about The Big Bopper... Now he's doing the same thing except under the excuse of he wants to sell it so he (himself) can fund a musical play about The Bopper... All of this can be verified by searching old threads at the rockin50s.com message board.

[Mikey]

Just the idea of him having his father dug up for basically no other reason then to make money makes me sick.

I wish the whole world would come togther for just one moment and nobody buy that thing for any amount.... not even a penny.

[wayne foundation 07]

Just more proof of the level people have sunk to.With all the rules EBAY has in effect now hopefully they won't let it happen.

[4NDR01D]

I was trying to put together a collection of every RnR artists first full lenght LP a few years ago, I had almost everybody:Buddy Holly, Elvis, Jerry Lee, Carl Perkins, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and on and on. There were only a small handful that I hadn't picked up and the Big Bopper was one of those. I just couldn't justify dropping good money on his record, he's really a very minor footnote in RnR history. The part I find the most tragic in all of this is that his son has never found his own identity and continues to live of the "legend" of a man he never met, his father or not.

[Cosmicman]

Oh baby, that's NOT what I like!

That's just ghoulish.

I saw his kid on some TV show before. He seemed okay then but...

Mike is right though. Big Bopper would have been another Rick Dees had he lived.

Chris

His kid is a dickhead. He goes by the name "Junior" and he plays as a "tribute" artist as his dad in many rock legends shows!
My cousin met him on several occasions. He is always "out for a buck". This casket thing doesn't surprise me.
He also has learned how to sign his dad's signature real well and a lot of people have speculated he his sold many items that he forged.
What a sack of ****!

[hobub]

Thanks, now I this song playing in my head.

I just have one question. When are they going to auction off Dick Clark?

[Bizarro Amy]

I've also found a few mentions that there were rumors of foul play involving the plane, but no mention of who this suspicion was aimed at. According to FindaDeath.com, that's why Jay Richardson had his father exhumed and reautopsied. They have a section on the Big Bopper at that site, but let me warn you. Some of the content is fascinating, but sometimes NSFW. To be fair, the guy warns you before you click on things you really don't want to see. In the JP Richardson write-up, there's a link to a slideshow about the whole exhumation, if you're interested.

[Meule]

I could picture the Golden Palace online casino dropping some bucks on this for the advertisement if it gets enough publicity. They could put the Virgin Mary grilled cheese sandwich, and the world's largest frosted flake, in it and then truck it around the country in the Pope's volkswagen, all of which they already own. He could see 10 - 20,000 easy if they get involved and he sets the minimum bid high enough.

First thing that came to mind

[Vortigern99]

"Even though it was dad's resting place for 48 years, it's also a unique opportunity to learn more about the early years of rock 'n' roll."

WTH????? In what sense is inspecting a casket a "unique opportunity to learn more about the early years of rock 'n' roll"?????????????????????????? This dude is whacked out.

[Bizarro Amy]

I was reading up a little on this. I had found an article that gave an eBay item number, but when I looked up the auction, it had been ended. I don't know whether eBay pulled it or Jay Richardson decided not to go through with it. Now it sounds like he's looking for a museum to take it. I don't understand why he switched his dad's casket, though, especially because the first one was very suited to the Big Bopper. The replacement was somewhat generic. There's a short video somewhere of Richardson talking about how/why he had his father exhumed.

[Nostalgiabuff]

on second thought, if Scarlet Johansen can put a snot filled tissue up on ebay, why not a coffin that had a rotting carcas in it for half a century

[Nostalgiabuff]

that's jsut wrong. It's really about a kid who never knew his father, wanting to cash in. But I agree, Big Bopper would not even be remembered anymore if not for the plane crash.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Oh baby, that's NOT what I like!

That's just ghoulish.

I saw his kid on some TV show before. He seemed okay then but...

Mike is right though. Big Bopper would have been another Rick Dees had he lived.

Chris

[kryptosmaster]

Does it come with a lifetime supply of Febreeze?
Rich

[jwyblejr]

And I thought Ted Williams son was strange.