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May 13, 2005
Le prochain mariage de Barclay / Eddie Barclay's next wedding

J'ai essayé de recueillir des réactions à la mort du fameux producteur de disques français Eddie Barclay, qui est passée presque totalement inapercue ici (seul Quincy Jones m'a fait passer un communiqué). Un portrait du Daily Telegraph de mai 2004, qui décrit Barclay comme un "pacha sur le déclin" rapporte une anecdote que je ne connaissais pas:

"Il y a quelques années, Barclay et plusieurs de ses amis, y compris l'homme d'affaires déchu devenu acteur Bernard Tapie, achètent une partie d'un cimetière près de St Tropez avec le projet d'en faire une sorte de club exclusif. Il faudrait deux sponsors pour être admis, de la musique serait diffusée le long des allées, il y aurait des intercoms entre les mausolées et des photographies des morts à l'apogée du bonheur. Les caveaux seraient décorés comme des maisons et surtout, les cerceuils seraient laissés ouverts pour permettre au morts de marcher. Ils possèdent toujours le cimetière, mais ne l'ont jamais aménagé. "Ca aurait été très chic," dit Barclay. "La mort n'a pas besoin d'être triste, vous savez."
Plus tard, Barclay, qui convola en noces huit fois raccompagne le journaliste anglais sur le pas de la porte et lui tend la main: "Vous voulez une invitation à mon prochain mariage?"

I tried to get reactions from stars to the death of famed French record producer Eddie Barclay, which almost went unnoticed here (Quincy Jones was the only one who had a statement passed along to me). A Daily Telegraph profile of Barclay published in May of 2004 describes him as a "pasha in decline," and mentions an anecdote I didn't know:
"A few years ago, Barclay and several of his friends, including the disgraced businessman turned actor Bernard Tapie, bought part of a cemetery near St Tropez which they planned along the lines of an exclusive club. You would need two sponsors to be admitted, music would be piped along the pathways, there would be intercoms linking the mausoleums, and photographs of the deceased showing them at their happiest. The mausoleums would be decorated like houses and most important of all, the coffins left open for the dead to walk. They still own the cemetery, but never fixed it up. "It would have been very chic," says Barclay. "Death needn't be sad, you know."
After ushering the journalist to the door Barclay, a famous hedonist with 8 marriages under his belt, holds out his hand and asks: "So, do you want an invitation to my next wedding?"

Posted by Emmanuelle at May 13, 2005 5:32 PM
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