Pogreb kitarista in ustanovitelja legendarne avstralske zasedbe AC/DC, Malcolma Younga je bil danes, 28. novembra 2017 v Sydneyju.
Malcolm Young je umrl v soboto, 18. novembra 2017, v 65. letu starosti, trpel je zaradi hude demence, imel pa je tudi številne druge zdravstvene težave.
Zadnje slovo od Malcolma Younga
Na pogrebu, ki se je odvijal v katerdarli St. Mary v Sydneyju, se je zbralo na stotine ljudi, da so se še zadnjič poslovili od legendarnega glasbenika.
‘Mastermind, but humble man’ https://t.co/e0KzGA0g98
— The Australian (@australian) November 28, 2017
Med drugim so se pogreba udeležili tudi Cliff Williams, Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd in Mark Evans.
AC/DC co-founder and guitarist Malcolm Young has been remembered as a musical mastermind at a funeral service in Sydney. @DaltsWorld #9News pic.twitter.com/kbD0fUCkwK
— Nine News Sydney (@9NewsSyd) November 28, 2017
Častno pismo sta prebrala družinska člana Bradley Horsburgh in David Albert, ki sta Younga opisala kot tihega in skromnega človeka.
Angus Young waits to place a guitar in the hearse as they load the casket of his brother @acdc co-founder and guitarist Malcolm Young following his funeral at St. Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, today. https://t.co/w0oLGlSkfZ #PicoftheDay pic.twitter.com/5lm0EMxKQr
— AAP Multimedia (@aap_multimedia) November 28, 2017
V cerkev so nesli tudi eno izmed Malcolmovih kitar, ki jo je Angus položil na oltar. Ob enem pa so položili tudi trzalico, na katerem je datum rojstva in smrti pokojnega Younga.
Guitar plectrums were handed out at Malcolm Young’s funeral today. How fitting for an Aussie rock legend. #WSFMNews pic.twitter.com/ay2BEa1uLC
— 101.7 WSFM (@WSFM1017) November 28, 2017
Na pogrebu so na pipe odigrali tudi melodije pesmi skupine AC/DC ‘It’s A Long Way To The Top’, ‘Waltzing Matilda’ ter ‘Road To Gundagai’
The funeral of Malcolm Young from AC/DC in Sydney today. pic.twitter.com/dn5wjDom1G
— Janie Barrett (@janie_barrett) November 28, 2017
