1969 SPECIAL REPORT: "THE FUNERAL OF JUDY GARLAND"

New York City on 26 June, where an estimated 20,000 people lined up to pay their respects at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in Manhattan, which remained open all night long to accommodate the overflowing crowd. On 27 June, James Mason gave a eulogy at the funeral, an Episcopal service led by the Rev. Peter Delaney of St Marylebone Parish Church, London, who had officiated at her marriage to Deans, three months earlier.
"Judy's great gift", Mason said in his eulogy, "was that she could wring tears out of hearts of rock.... She gave so richly and so generously, that there was no currency in which to repay her." The public and press were barred. She was interred in a crypt in the community mausoleum at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York, a small town 24 miles (39 km) north of midtown Manhattan.
Upon Garland's death, despite having earned millions during her career, her estate came to US$40,000 (equivalent to $282,287 in 2020). Years of mismanagement of her financial affairs by her representatives and staff along with her generosity toward her family and various causes resulted in her poor financial situation at the end of her life.
In her last will, signed and sealed in early 1961, Garland made many generous bequests that could not be fulfilled because her estate had been in debt for many years. Her daughter, Liza Minnelli, worked to pay off her mother's debts with the help of family friend Frank Sinatra.
In 1978, a selection of Garland's personal items were auctioned off by her ex-husband Sidney Luft with the support of their daughter Lorna and their son Joe. Almost 500 items, ranging from copper cookware to musical arrangements, were offered for sale. The auction raised US$250,000 (equivalent to $991,964 in 2020) for her heirs.
At the request of her children, Garland's remains were disinterred from Ferncliff Cemetery in January 2017 and re-interred 2,800 miles (4,500 km) across the country at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.

[@Juniper122]

Yesterday was her birthday. Rip Judy 🌈

[@carolrashee6346]

This shows how many people loved Judy

[@lamelprince9278]

She died young she made millions of dollars for Hollywood and for her life to end this way is tragic 😢

[@jl3322]

Poor thing, she just had no more to give. We were so lucky to have her as long as we did. RIP

[@jonathankieranwriter]

Sad. At least her family allowed fans to walk through and see her, pay their respects. All she ever did was work work work and accomplish things since age 2. She made some poor choices in her private life, but I wonder if she ever had a prayer of surviving. I mean, when your own mother and a massive Hollywood studio system get you hooked on speed as a child in order to keep the cash flowing in, what are a person’s chances, realistically? And the men who robbed her blind are hopefully stewing in Hades. Her accomplishments are unbelievable for such a short life. She conquered every medium: cinema; stage; television; records; radio; Broadway. RIP.

[@susanbrogan3267]

This is a lovely comment,thank you.

[@lindameyers8341]

I was one of those people paying respect to this wonderful performer. I waited on line for hourd

[@judahslion5611]

Sweet, sweet, troubled Dorothy... Finally at peace from her demons.

[@mickeymouse2able]

At 10:50, people coming out. You can see some of them crying. All kinds of people. Judy was Amazing.

[@justinhearst]

Man, Hezakya, this is a new one right here. Glad to see this.

[@terryshaw1545]

GOOD VIDEO 👍, INFORMATIVE

[@Spiderman7Bob7]

I remember this day so well . When Judy Garland died I cried like Judy was someone I knew personally . I guess many people felt that way . I loved Judy ever since I was 71/2 years old and saw "The Wizard of Oz . There has never been anyone quite like her and there never will be again .

[@joannoeldechen3795]

My dad is in the video. He guarded her in life and in death...he also guarded Frank Sinatra...

[@collgoff]

Your dad was a bodyguard?

[@joannoeldechen3795]

Yes and a cousin through Ray Sinatra. He was in NYC. HE WAS ALSO GIANCANA. COVERT. US GOVERNMENT.

[@lamelprince9278]

Where is the mark in the video is your father?

[@yasminemarie7992]

Wow, I’m sure he had some great stories to tell you. Thank you for sharing!

[@mickeymouse2able]

She's gone but she's not really gone. She was simply Amazing and, it's true, saved many lives. It's true. Thank God for film (as Liza says in " that's entertainment ").thank God for the people who keep broadcasting her movies, etc. r.i.p. Judy. She deserves it. She worked hard

[@dianemastriano5583]

I went to see her that day. She looked so beautiful.

[@eugenelayhue1932]

I always remember my mother always liked her when I was growing up and I just never knew why I thought because she knew her a lot more than me and that there was just something really special about her. Later on in life every time I would see Judy Garland on tv I would hurry up and call my mom and tell her what station she was on and my mother would thank me.

[@LisaWhitehorn]

I went to school with Judy Garland's Great Niece. She actually looked just like her too!

[@lapetitepapillon9101]

@Melanie Jarrett That book is full of lies, like it is so incorrect and he was such an awful person. Read literally any book but that one, even Sids.

[@colossus112785]

Wow that's wassup thou

[@timothyleon558]

My dog knew her dog.

[@Gwen-fd8hb]

@@timothyleon558 😂😂😂

[@happycustomer1822]

We love Judy

[@donaldcasey3990]

I have always heard or though the years saw, reed about my girl Judy's funeral. I shore do wished I could have been there, but I was only 2years old at the time. She was one of the greatest talents that graced the movies, and ever been so blessed with that amazing voice. She is to me simply known as Judy.

[@pjdurkin8582]

Everyone being civilized. And no one looking down at their phone. Nice

[@ralphewell8398]

I was thinking the same.

[@sandrasanders706]

No cell phones to look at weren't invented yet.

[@darlenegoodwin]

Hard to believe she was only 47 when she died. I have a couple of her albums and has read her biography and even read the book about her TV show.

[@carlosgustavorubio1332]

...Y a pesar de todo, lo hermoso es el amor de "la gente"... Muy emocionante y conmovedor! Judy se dio y se da al publico que la ama de manera incondicional. Este año cumpliria 100 años de edad, y sus peliculas y sobre todo sus canciones y sus shows siguen conmoviendo hasta los huesos. En Argentina tenemos un dicho que dice "El music-hall es Judy Garland eterna como el sol..." Gracias por el video y viva Judy Garland!!!

[@cesarpacheco4797]

La gran judi garland y su perrito toto me da nostalgia q ya no este entre nosotros tan inocente era esa niña en esos tiempos q no volveran

[@timvanhouten9963]

May Judy garland rest in peace. She was the greatest singer and actress forever and always. No one will ever compare to her

[@sophie954]

She would be 100 this year :(

[@kingofthecatnap6246]

Thanks, Hezakya.

[@campbellnutting3663]

Thank you I've never seen this what a star she was all the people bless her actually I love how you've done the music R I P lovely lady 🌹

[@markxoc]

Never was there such a hard working explosive bundle of unlimited talent! Judy Garland worked professionally for 45 of her 47 years! From a toddler she was expected to produce! Read the hands of her family and agents demoralized her and made her feel that everything she did was in vain because she was never able to feel any of the riches that she produced. Finally she got so depressed she turned to alcohol and substances to get from one day to the next! Many people became multi millionaires from Judy’s work but Judy never saw any of it! She felt hopeless!! I watched her sing a dramatic ballad Days before she passed away and I saw a tear in her left eye as she drilled down into that song with everything she had! It was obvious something in that song touched her.

[@royrush5374]

Judy Judy Judy... Poor girl. I had mp3s of some phone conversations of hers. She was broken.

[@SaxonC]

What a beloved performer and greatly loved Person, Judy Garland was. Peerless!

[@softyme63]

I was almost six and was heartsick because I thought Dorothy had died 😥

[@Juniper122]

Hollywood slowly killed her. She has such a tragic life I’m glad she has peace.

[@RandyWilsonESQ]

I was 9 and felt like I had been punched in the gut. I didn’t understand then that she would guide me for the rest of life. for me, there is judy and then everyone else. there are many extremely wonderful entertainers but none of them rise to level of her comprehensive talent and charisma.

[@MontagZoso]

I was only 2 when she died, but as soon as I was big enough, my mom showed me Wizard of Oz on TV ( which of course became my favorite movie ever) and my mom pointed to Dorothy and said, “THAT is Judy Garland.” ❤️💐

[@eunicestone838]

So sad she passed away in London, England. So broke and alone and far from home. RIP.

[@markxoc]

Her daughter Liza Minnelli was on a talk show one time and she said they stayed at hotels and her mother had no money whatsoever! The hotel simply assumed assumed Judy was a millionaire and would pay when she checked out show they extended unlimited credit to her. When it was time to leave because the management was starting to ask questions about settling the bill. Liza said they would just leave like they were going shopping but they would get into a cab and then after they pulled away a few hundred feet they would ask the cab driver to go back and get the one sutecase and bring it down to the cab! After that they would go to another five star hotel and chicken strictly on her name. And start all over again. While her mother was in the room at every hotel she was on the phone searching for money from friends and fans.

[@FernSidman]

I remember this day as if it were yesterday. I was 9 and on the front porch of my house when my mother came to the front door from the kitchen where she was washing dishes while listening to the radio. Her face was ashen gray, as though she saw a ghost. She told my father that Judy Garland was found dead in London and then they both broke down in tears. After they expressed their grief, my mother commented to my father that when they had recently seen her on TV on some late night talk show that she appeared to be inebriated and my mother speculated that it was alcohol and drugs that did her in. She said it was such an enormous tragedy as there was no one like her and there never will be.

[@dirtlevel]

Great loop

[@Tatortot318]

This was new footage, plus in color, thanks for sharing...RIP Judy

[@nelixsulu6201]

Does anyone come out of Hollywood happy? Let’s be honest….

[@nelixsulu6201]

I don’t think all the money & fame in the world is worth losing your sanity & having such an unhappy, misunderstood life

[@ekop1778]

MONEY ROOT EVIL

[@timothyleon558]

She had the fame, but died broke as hell. Didn’t even have the money for this funeral.

[@yeahnoonecaresifyouarefirst]

The love of it is

[@patricialutz2092]

Judy will live on in her music,movies, interviews;and yet,she is missed by so many, because of the iconic image she became. Rest in peace Judy, ❤️🕊️Love you!

[@ulcyld5011]

Judy left an indelible mark in the history of cinema, very sad and painful that unfortunately her talent was only to make money, without really caring about the human essence and how valuable a talent she was as an artist, We will always remember you with love, nostalgia!! We never forget what leaves a mark on our lives!!! Your innocence in the wizard of oz will always be remembered, your entire legacy and most importantly we will not forget you!! Rest in peace beloved Judy!!

[@lindathomas5500]

They all turned up for some star PR at her funeral, but none of them gave a shite when she was alive! If I had been her family, I would have told them all to F off, that it was just family and true friends!

[@NeenerBananas]

The flowers weighed more than she did.

[@katycoolidge9615]

I'm crying now

[@gregman1715]

Heartbreaking 💔 She Gave And Gave And Gave Until She Had Nothing More Too Give Love You Judy💔

[@cimarronhopper2261]

She was the most talented son of a gun that ever entered Hollywood

[@evinkleinman6052]

These vids and films are soo cool Especially closeups. Like the one close up of that blond haired young man. And the music is beautiful❤

[@nelixsulu6201]

I understand the term “selling your soul to the devil” because you’re pretty much giving up a normal life to be put in Hollywood where everything & everyone are fake, & you’re basically living at the entertainment & expense of the masses.

[@SallyCat84]

Not in the beginning. Didn’t her Mom force her to audition for the wizard of oz? I could be wrong. I also remember reading Shirley Temple almost got the role, but I’m glad Judy got it instead.

[@evinkleinman6052]

Is anyone watching this video in this video? It would be cool to see yourself in the film/video! After 55 years

[@meyergaelle8108]

Wow look at the years back then wonder where all these people are today unbelievable 52 years just like yesterday 🙄 time waits for no one rich poor young old just goes on fast. Good to know her daughter is lisa great actress proberly killed her like same li monore merilen

[@HD-dw1cn]

Man, the first 3 minutes of music sounded really morbid & afterlife like

[@HezakyaNewz]

Like you are in a Dream...and even more morbid knowing that mostly everyone in this video is Dead and no longer exist. This whole time doesn't exist. Now nothing but a dream...like..did all this really happen??

[@HD-dw1cn]

@@HezakyaNewz This is true

[@kingofthecatnap6246]

@@HezakyaNewz The intro was very effective. It occured to me that I may not really be here... 👀

[@SJW8788]

It scares me

[@HezakyaNewz]

I looped this music in 2016... listened to it all night to see what I can do with it..I got it from a old Ray Charles record...drove my EX wife crazy....we are happily Divorced 😂😂

[@beasleybrother1]

Hollywood chewed her up and spit her out. Tragic

[@mgbchoralmusic6443]

I didn't recognize anyone arriving by limo except Liza, Lorna and Joey at 16:12 and it might be Lauren Bacall right after them with the long hair. Ray Bolger (Scarecrow) at 17:40

[@ekop1778]

SHE MUSTA BEEN EARLY 20S HERE

[@ralphewell8398]

James Mason, Otto Preminger, Mayor Lindsay

[@jl3322]

Mickey Rooney, Lauren Bacall, Kay Thompson, Ray Bolger, James Mason. Wonder if Sid (Luft) or Vincent (Minnelli) attended?

[@joeparish3575]

Omg… that music 😩

[@earthart2010]

It was like losing a friend.

[@ZENFIRE917]

WHERE. is this haunting beautiful music from?

[@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142]

Judy you are a true Angel ,so fly peacefully in Heaven were God is over the rainbow.

[@leoanrdofgt]

What is the soundtrack? I really wanted to know

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

I wish she could teach my hand said, Just smile 😊

[@carolfraz588]

Judy was 23 when Liza was born and Liza was 23 when Judy died

[@user-rj5ld7jh7n]

Judy was a force to be contended with just like Frank.she was amazing if anyone had reason to be angered it was her gone too doon

[@leoanrdofgt]

Qual é a trilha sonora? queria muito saber

[@oliviajohnjohnolivia8142]

MGM killed her

[@Gwen-fd8hb]

She od on purpose...I know...how many times she tried to get to peace and quiet only to have someone pull her back in ...she screamed goddammit just LEAVE ME ALONE....RIP DEAR JUDY 😿🥀🌷🍄🌷🍄🌻🎱⚰️🥀

[@lonniejolly5882]

Same funeral home biggie was at.

[@ekop1778]

STILL THERE TODAY I THINK! BIG PLACE TOO

[@TrangPakbaby]

Wasn’t Aaliyah’s funeral there too?

[@sandrasanders706]

​@@TrangPakbabyYes and Jackie Kenned YT.

[@katycoolidge9615]

Wow

[@FAKETHERUSH]

Dope

[@tylerstadt8719]

I'm so far behind I gave up

[@kingofthecatnap6246]

Ikr? I'm not gettin all the notifications. I have to check this channel a lot.

[@tonybluestar4954]

Humans are interesting! Why does it take death in order to feel this kind of love ?? Imagine if all these ppl showed up in life for her!! RIP it’s hurts no more Judy!!

[@kashifahmad8758]

I am really missing you Judy garland in school I got a book of you don’t go away I ❤ you Liza and Lorna and joey your missing you mother and I missing Judy she had died I watch your movie the wizard of oz somewhere over the rainbow your the best i will cry so much to Judy garland goodbye love from Chacho and saniyya we would like to say you died by a overdose age 47 your husband see you laying in the bathroom floor😢

[@dcam1445]

I wonder If the people who killed her showed up at her funeral and pretended to be sad.

[@yasminemarie7992]

Is there a name for the opening music track?

[@8656737s]

Holly what is an evil place. They destroyed her 😢

[@DaveSCameron]

The very year of my birth *

[@MontagZoso]

I was 2. But I’ll always love her. She was always Dorothy to me. ❤️

[@rocantenrocanten4150]

осторожнее надо быть с пилюлями....

[@publicanimal]

2 days later the Stonewall Riots happened because gays were so upset over this.

[@infamouscanadiandecomposer]

change the music, PLEASE! bob in toronto

[@retire14pattaya9]

I was supposed to go to the viewing but opted not to. My older sister and her friend went. I was 16 at the time.

[@markxoc]

Judith Gumm was Jewish. But I don’t see any Jewish yarmulkes on any of the men. Apparently she was a non-practicing Jew. I’m glad they gave her the last name of Garland for her shell business name because gumm…. Nope!

[@lonniejolly5882]

Another one Hollywerid killed.

[@TheMelancholicTigah]

Does anyone know how she passed?

[@HezakyaNewz]

Drugs and Alcohol.. Depression... probably undiagnosed mental illnesses that they didn't know how to treat in her day. Hollywood abuse .. take your pick.

[@TheMelancholicTigah]

@@HezakyaNewz Yeap! Yeap! Yeeaaap! Seems Legit. Yet non discouragingly pathetic and typical if you ask me. That's what hollyweird does to young stars. Now as far as us blk folk, look what they did to Todd Bridges. Gary Coleman. And Countless....Countless others of OUR people. What and where do they wound up? Drugs! Alcohol! Depression. Suicide. And other non constructive things and then some. #BurnHollyweirdBurn

[@user-xe1iq9dg6c]

@WOLFIE COP uhm

[@MontagZoso]

Overdose of barbiturates. 😞

[@countryboyys]

I seen the video on the making of the wizard of oz and what they did to Judy was sicken, if you haven't seen it then I highly recommend it because I understand why Judy had a rough life until death. My heart goes out to Judy the story was heart breaking

[@mortensenegbert6619]

Stonewall Uprising dead ahead.

[@lonniejolly5882]

Anytime they carry a casket on their shoulders its a blood ritual sacifice.

[@armenian_nightmare33]

Lonnie Jolly...WHAT IN THE FUCK ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT??? WHY THE HELL WOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT???

[@nelixsulu6201]

🤔🤔🤔 Can you elaborate on that? 🤔🤔🤔

[@williamj.crofts41]

Who in the f*** cares?? The one thing about social media brings out the creepiest goddamn people

[@brianking3565]

It’s all BS you didn’t know her really people die every minute of every day I hate this false grievance for a stranger

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

I wish she could teach my hand said, Just smile 😊

[@lifeworksndhenterprisesllc6597]

I mean touch my hand.kill the keybroad!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loll the keybroad!