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Teddi Mellencamp’s dad, John, is already planning her burial as she battles stage 4 cancer
nypost.com ^ | April 10, 2025 | Eric Todisco

Posted on 04/10/2025 6:03:51 AM PDT by V_TWIN

John Mellencamp is preparing for a heartbreaking outcome.

Teddi Mellencamp revealed that her famous father has already started planning her burial amid her stage 4 cancer battle.

The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum, 43, said on Tuesday’s episode of her “Two Ts in a Pod” podcast that the 73-year-old rock star called her “11 times in a row” to discuss a morbid matter.

“Finally, I answer, I’m like, ‘I’m in the bath. Let me live a little.’ He goes, ‘I just want to make sure you’re going to be in our group family mausoleum,’ ” Teddi explained.

“He’s like, ‘Well, there’s going to be the top five and then we’re gonna have little areas around it, and then that’s where everyone’s going to get buried,’ ” Teddi shared.

After Teddi asked John if she needed to make that decision now, she said the “Hurts So Good” singer told her, “You’re doing your will right now, so you may as well put it in there.”

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KEYWORDS: erictodisco; johnmellencamp; newyorkpost; teddimellencamp
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1 posted on 04/10/2025 6:03:51 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

My mother reported an argument in the nineteen twenties between her father and his brother who wanted a loan.
Father: You won’t even have the money for your funeral.
Uncle: Just leave me in the Livingroom. I can stand it as long as you can.


2 posted on 04/10/2025 6:07:48 AM PDT by Gen.Blather (I had a tagline and I dropped it. The cat back-pawed it under the Barcalounger. )
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To: V_TWIN

Very sad. But I’m sure she could care less where she’s buried.


3 posted on 04/10/2025 6:07:50 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: napscoordinator

Interviewer to Bob Hope: Where would you like to be buried..

Bob Hope: Surprise me..


4 posted on 04/10/2025 6:10:29 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32
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To: V_TWIN
It's tragic. Sadly, Teddi Mellencamp pushed for people to take the MurdeRNA Jim Jones Jab, proudly posting selfies online with her "vaccine" card.

Safe ...and ......effective 💀

5 posted on 04/10/2025 6:14:21 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

I like that.


6 posted on 04/10/2025 6:15:28 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: V_TWIN

Mom expressed interest in being buried in the family plot, a cousin donated her space as she “didn’t want to be anywhere near those people.”

Mom’s arrangements have been in place for years, she’s still going strong, physically.


7 posted on 04/10/2025 6:17:23 AM PDT by null and void (Americans are a people increasingly separated by our connectivity. H/T MortMan)
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To: V_TWIN

Why would you badger someone going through the stress of terminal cancer with this. Yeah, it may eventually need to be done, but 11 calls in a row to someone obviously having a difficult time dealing with a very desperate situation?


8 posted on 04/10/2025 6:19:07 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: T.B. Yoits

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum detailed her and Edwin’s very different experiences with the deadly virus earlier this week. Teddi, who is fully vaccinated, revealed that Edwin chose not to receive the recommended shot, which he now deeply regrets.

“I was vaccinated and my husband was not, which he has since realized what a big mistake that was,” she shared on the August 2 episode of her podcast, Teddi Tea Pod, per the Daily Mail.
https://realityblurb.com/2021/08/04/teddi-mellencamp-says-edwin-regrets-not-getting-vaccine-after-they-both-tested-positive-for-covid-19-as-rhobh-alum-discusses-their-different-symptoms-and-shares-photos/


9 posted on 04/10/2025 6:24:12 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: circlecity

That was the point of my post.

Mellencamp has always had a reputation as being a jackass.....I guess this further confirms it.


10 posted on 04/10/2025 6:25:56 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

He’s a liberal douchebag going decades back.

I’ve always liked his music despite his odious politics, but I wouldn’t wish the ordeal of burying a child on anyone.


11 posted on 04/10/2025 6:27:05 AM PDT by pburiak (You really think we can vote our way out of this? That's so cute...)
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To: circlecity

My thought in reading that was that there are all kinds of sickness and not all are as visible as cancer. Decades ago, John might have been in line for some Thorazine.

My own Mom repeats herself on the phone, all the time, now. Aging does not go smoothly for everyone.


12 posted on 04/10/2025 6:27:54 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: T.B. Yoits

turbo


13 posted on 04/10/2025 6:34:42 AM PDT by Pollard (Zone 6b)
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To: Gen.Blather
Father: You won’t even have the money for your funeral.

My grandmother and her two sisters had a brother who in the 1920s would have been called "a bum."

He boxed in his youth, and spent the rest of his life drinking. He reportedly lived at a YMCA downtown. A cop who was a family friend would occasionally check in on him or see him on the streets

they all chipped-in to some kind of insurance scheme to pay for his funeral.

14 posted on 04/10/2025 6:35:14 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: circlecity

He sounds like a real azzhole.


15 posted on 04/10/2025 6:37:07 AM PDT by Clarancebeaks
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To: Tom Tetroxide

The first comment 🙄

IDIOTS such as these are the reason we cannot suppress this deadly virus and even stronger mutants are evolving. IDIOTS like these are actually continuing to endanger the lives of all others, vaccinated or not. IDIOTS like these are extremely selfish and do not grasp the concept of doing things for the sake of all humanity and others we care about, not just one’s self. IDIOTS like these should be denied stipends, stimulus checks or anything else. All of those things should be freely given to the people that HAVE complied with all that has been asked of us to help curtail the spread of the virus: people who worked from home, who masked, who properly socially distanced, who sanitized, who limited contact, WHO FOLLOWED THE RULES in spite of chastisement by the Trump Fiasco and, instead, listened to the actual scientific and medical experts and NOT the conspiracy theorists, and people who waited patiently to finally get the FREE vaccine!!! Imagine if people had taken this rebellious, ridiculous, stubborn, IGNORANT stance about the polio, small pox, mumps, measles, yellow fever, and other vaccines that have helped billions of people avoid those viruses and diseases. I just don’t get the ignorance, selfishness and resistance and never will.


16 posted on 04/10/2025 6:48:15 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
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To: Tom Tetroxide
The link to the 'Reality Blurb' story from 2021 (Post 9) had some real gaslighting in it.

"Unfortunately for Teddi, this was actually her second round with the virus as she revealed she had COVID “a while back” as well, which she kept quiet at the time so she could focus solely on her health. Not only is it fairly rare to catch the virus twice in such a short amount of time, but it’s also rare to contract COVID after receiving the vaccine."

Yeah, "rare to contract COVID after receiving the vaccine"...


...O M M O I R C O R N O I N C

17 posted on 04/10/2025 6:48:37 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: pburiak

“Music” you say?


18 posted on 04/10/2025 6:58:42 AM PDT by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Do you have an explanation for why Trump doesn’t share that extremist opinion?


19 posted on 04/10/2025 7:06:02 AM PDT by Pelham (President Eisenhower. Operation Wetback 1953-54)
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To: V_TWIN

Unfortunately, it is best to plan ahead.

I arranged for my husband’s cremation (his choice) before he died and before we knew the outcome - nine detailed pages of info I had to fill out. Crematorium told me they would keep the information on file for two years.

Really really eased things when the time came and made the entire process much smoother. I was glad everything was already in place, I was overwhelmed and had enough to deal with at that time.


20 posted on 04/10/2025 7:08:23 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolution?)
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