Late BOSTON Singer's Beetle On The Block
September 11, 2008, 15 years ago
According to Boston.com, a former girlfriend of the late BOSTON singer Brad Delp is selling the frontman's beloved Beetle on eBay. Patricia Komor, who dated Delp from 1992 to 1998, started soliciting bids for the 2003 VW this morning, and will donate the proceeds to charities endorsed by Delp.
"The fact that the car had the same name as the band he adored is something he enjoyed," Komor told us yesterday. (In addition to Boston, Delp fronted the popular Beatles cover band Beatlejuice.) "Brad was also amused that the car got more attention than he did."Delp, who committed suicide last year, left the car as well as his house in Atkinson, N.H., to Komor, now married and living in Colorado. Komor kept the car, but eventually sold the house to Pamela Sullivan, Delp's fiancee at the time of his death. "I feel this is the best way to honor Brad's memory," said Komor, adding that she and the singer remained close long after their breakup and exhanged e-mails just two days before his death. "Brad would like it if one of his fans got to own the car."
Komor hasn't decided what charities will receive the money, but said a portion of the proceeds will be donated to the DTS Charitable Foundation, which was created by Boston guitarist Tom Scholz to support animal rights and related causes. "I hope people appreciate that I'm doing something good in Brad's name."
