Body Of GARY MOORE Being Flown Back To Britain Today; Funeral Expected To Take Place Over The Weekend In Brighton
February 11, 2011, 13 years ago
According to Belfasttelegraph.co.uk, the body of music legend GARY MOORE will be flown to Britain later today.
Relatives, including his brother Cliff and a girlfriend, are set to accompany the coffin of the THIN LIZZY guitarist on a lunchtime flight from Malaga to London.
His funeral is expected to take place over the weekend in Brighton, where the Belfast-born 58-year-old had been based for some time.
According to the Daily Mirror, Moore died of a suspected heart attack, a postmortem revealed yesterday. The former THIN LIZZY star, 58, was on holiday with his girlfriend and died in his sleep.
Forensic experts have ordered further tissue tests on his body ahead of a report, an inquiry heard.
Relatives including Gary’s brother, Cliff, are in the Costa del Sol, Spain, to make preparations to fly his body back home.
Moore, of Belfast, died at the five-star Kempinski Resort Hotel, in Estepona, at the weekend. Paramedics were called at 4 AM on Sunday after his girlfriend raised the alarm.
The pair had earlier eaten a burger and a sandwich, washed down with champagne and brandy.
A police spokesman said yesterday: “His death is not in any way suspicious. An inquiry has been opened to find the exact cause.”
