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Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel on Madison Avenue at 81st Street in Manhattan

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

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References

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  8. ^ "Clare Briggs, Cartoon Genius, Dies at 54". Editor & Publisher. January 11, 1930. Archived from the original on November 30, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2025 – via Stripper's Guide.
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  14. ^ "Monday services stated for Javits". Santa Maria Times. March 9, 1986. Archived from the original on March 13, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
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  21. ^ "Peter Peterson Obituary". The New York Times. March 25, 2018. Retrieved March 17, 2025 – via M.legacy.com.
  22. ^ Mossman, B.C.; Stark, M.W. (1991). The Last Salute, Civil and Military Funerals 1921-1969 (PDF). Department of the Army. Archived (PDF) from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2025.[page needed]
  23. ^ "Remembering Cecil Taylor". Arts for Art. Archived from the original on October 19, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
  24. ^ "Service for Watts Today". The New York Times. January 5, 1981. p. B12.
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