Clown Funeral – Tragically Hilarious

Seemed like a catchy title, but there’s really nothing hilarious about it, just tragic and bizarre. These photos were taken at the Fairview Cemetery, in Springfield, where 79-year-old Norman Thompson, member of the Antioch Shrine Funster Clown Unit, was buried, on May 29. His clown-friends dressed up for the occasion and honored Norman, for the last time. It looks bizarre, I know, but I was reading about this on the web, and found out that this is a tradition for clowns and magicians. Apparently this is the way they show their respect to their fallen colleagues. via Springfield News Sun sns053009funeral1.jpg clown-funeral2 clown-funeral3 clown-funeral4 clown-funeral5 clown-funeral6 clown-funeral7 sns053009funeral2.jpg clown-funeral9 clown-funeral10 clown-funeral11 clown-funeral12