Information on the Rick James Burial
For the benefit of the hundreds of people that Yahoo! is directing to my site, I'm posting some information (originally cited by Jen) on the Rick James funeral. No word on whether any of the family of Millard Fillmore attended.

Fans wanting to pay their respects to the funk legend and Buffalo native showed up for his funeral and waited hours in a line that stretched more than two city blocks.

(No, not that).

Some 6,000 people filed past James' open casket in St. John Baptist Church. James, who went from the Perry projects to stardom, was as flamboyantly dressed in death as he was known to be in life....

By evening, the mourning subsided, and a celebration James would have been proud of took over at Martin Luther King Park. That's where many of the local musicians he helped paid tribute to James during a free concert.

"We come to praise the brother, not to bury him," the announcer told the crowd. "Let the funk live on!"...

Cremation followed the service, according to funeral director Vincent Amigone, who estimated that about 6,000 fans lined up for the viewing Saturday morning.

Immediate family filed past James' coffin first, then VIPs, and by the time the public was allowed to enter the church, fans rushed the doors....