http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/ gravestone portraits at St. Raymond's and other cemeteries. The portraits from St. Raymond's are included in my sepulchral portraits page.]]> en-us sorabji.com Gallery 2 RSS Module, version 1.1.7 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:19:09 -0500 360 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/d/105445-8/Saint_Raymonds.jpg http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/ http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN1001.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN1001.JPG.html ]]> mark thomas photo Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:45:18 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0999.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0999.JPG.html ]]> mark thomas photo Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:45:18 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0997.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0997.JPG.html ]]> mark thomas photo Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:45:18 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0987.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0987.JPG.html ]]> mark thomas photo Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:45:18 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0967.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0967.JPG.html ]]> mark thomas photo Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:45:18 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0961.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0961.JPG.html ]]> mark thomas photo Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:45:18 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0556.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0556.JPG.html
The grave site of "Lady Day" was unmarked for at least a year, after which this marker was placed by Louis McKay, Billie Holiday's husband at the time of her death. According to Meg Greene's book Billie Holiday: A Biography, the date of death on this tombstone was originally incorrect. It appears to be correct today:

"A year after Holiday’s death, Downbeat magazine reported that McKay had yet to erect a tombstone for his wife. To make things right, the magazine set up a fund to purchase one for Holiday. McKay protested and eventually placed one on her grave. The inscription read: Beloved wife Billie Holiday known as 'Lady Day' Born April 7, 1915, Died July 15, 1959. In a final indignity, McKay had mistaken the date of her death."]]> mark thomas photo Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:24:19 -0400 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0548.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0548.JPG.html ]]> mark thomas photo Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:46:27 -0500 http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0530.JPG.html http://www.sorabji.com/pictures/cemeteries/Saint_Raymonds/DSCN0530.JPG.html ]]> mark thomas photo Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:45:18 -0500