Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel Explained

The Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel is a funeral home located on Madison Avenue at 81st Street in Manhattan. Founded in 1898 as Frank E. Campbell Burial and Cremation Company, the company is now owned by Service Corporation International. Frank E. Campbell is known for handling many celebrity deaths and funerals including those of John Lennon, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Rudolph Valentino, Arturo Toscanini, Judy Garland, Joan Crawford, Heath Ledger, Aaliyah, The Notorious B.I.G.[1] and Tommy Dorsey.

Frank E. Campbell, the founder of the business, was born on July 4, 1872, in Camp Point, Illinois. He moved to New York around 1892, and married Amelia Klutz in 1898, setting himself up as an undertaker near Twenty-Third Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. His innovations in the business included the use of a funeral chapel, which he felt was preferable to having the services in the home of the deceased; advertising, which had previously been rare among undertakers, and the use of cars instead of horse-drawn carriages as hearses. Campbell died on January 19, 1934, of heart disease.[2]

Notable funerals

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Oppenheimer . Jerry . Inside New York City's funeral home to the stars | New York Post . Nypost.com . 2014-09-14 . 2016-03-02 . 2016-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160302070245/http://nypost.com/2014/09/14/inside-new-york-citys-funeral-home-to-the-stars/ . live .
  2. Web site: January 20, 1934. Frank E. Campbell, Undertaker, Dies. September 23, 2020. timesmachine.nytimes.com. 15. en.
  3. News: Nekesa Mumbi Moody . 1 September 2001 . Intelligencer Journal . Lancaster, PA . 12 March 2023 . 13 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230313015035/https://www.newspapers.com/image/566689845/ . live .
  4. Web site: CFDA. cfda.com. 2018-10-17. 2018-10-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082244/https://cfda.com/news/remembering-amsale-aberra. live.
  5. News: . 21 October 1966 . Obituary of Elizabeth N. Graham (Elizabeth Arden) . Daily News . New York, NY . 12 March 2023 . 13 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230313015431/https://www.newspapers.com/image/461899696/ . live .
  6. Web site: Oppenheimer . Jerry . Inside New York City's funeral home to the stars . New York Post . 4 December 2021 . 14 Sep 2014 . 4 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210804152234/https://nypost.com/2014/09/14/inside-new-york-citys-funeral-home-to-the-stars/ . live .
  7. News: . 15 November 1998 . Funeral Homes Known for Serving Stars . The Daily Oklahoman . Oklahoma City, OK . 12 March 2023 . 13 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230313011752/https://www.newspapers.com/image/454865462/ . live .
  8. Web site: Stripper's Guide: News of Yore 1930 – Briggs Succumbs. 30 November 2018. 30 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181130155116/http://strippersguide.blogspot.com/2010/03/news-of-yore-1930-briggs-succumbs.html. live.
  9. Web site: Congressional Record, Proceeding and Debates of the 89th Congress, First Session, House of Representatives, Thursday, January 28, 1965 . 2023-03-11 . 2023-03-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230311154020/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt2/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt2-1.pdf . live .
  10. News: . 16 April 2006 . Paid Notice: Deaths, William Sloane Coffin . The New York Times. New York, NY . 26 September 2023 .
  11. Beaver, James N., John Garfield: His Life and Films, Cranbury NJ: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1978, ISBN 0-498-01890-3
  12. News: . 16 May 1993 . Publishing empire's heir dead at 85 . The Courier-News . Bridgewater, NJ . 12 March 2023 . 13 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230313010621/https://www.newspapers.com/image/223642477/ . live .
  13. Web site: Philip Seymour Hoffman's Grieving Partner Mimi O'Donnell Photographed For First Time Since Shock Death » Entertainmentwise. 6 June 2017. 30 November 2018. 23 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140223031622/http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/139977/Philip-Seymour-Hoffmans-Grieving-Partner-Mimi-ODonnell-Photographed-For-First-Time-Since-Shock-Death. live.
  14. News: . 9 March 1986 . Monday services stated for Javits . Santa Maria Times . Santa Maria, CA . 12 March 2023 . 13 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230313011144/https://www.newspapers.com/image/446797290/ . live .
  15. Web site: Congressional Record—Senate—June 24, 1982 . 2023-03-11 . 2022-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220708055216/https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1982-pt11/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1982-pt11-6-1.pdf . live .
  16. Web site: Nagel. Andrea. Obituary: Skin Care Pioneer Georgette Klinger. Women's Wear Daily. January 14, 2004. February 2, 2020. 5. Gale General OneFile. subscription.
  17. New York Times, Thursday October 18, 1917
  18. Book: Mambo Montage: The Latinization of New York City. Agustín. Laó-Montes. Arlene. Dávila. 2001. Columbia University Press. 9780231505444 . 30 November 2018. Google Books.
  19. News: Alex . Stedman . Mordecai Lawner, Actor Who Appeared in 'Annie Hall,' Dies at 86 . . 2014-12-14 . 2014-12-14 . 2014-12-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141213153812/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/mordecai-lawner-actor-who-appeared-in-annie-hall-dies-at-86-1201367254/ . live .
  20. News: McNamee Rites in N.Y.. Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. AP. May 11, 1942. 16.
  21. Web site: Peter Peterson Obituary . New York. New York Times . M.legacy.com . 2018-11-30.
  22. Web site: The Last Salute, Civil and Military Funerals 1921-1969 . 2023-03-11 . 2015-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150925120749/http://www.history.army.mil/html/books/090/90-1/CMH_Pub_90-1.pdf . live .
  23. Web site: Remembering Cecil Taylor – Arts for Art . 2018-10-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181019164202/https://www.artsforart.org/cecil-taylor-funeral--memorial.html . 2018-10-19 . dead .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.