Posted on 09/11/2001 1:15:02 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:38 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
"New York Post columnist Rod Dreher questioned the good taste of 22-year-old singer Aaliyah's funeral procession down Fifth Avenue: 'A traffic-snarling, horse-drawn cortege in honor of a pop singer most people have never heard of? Give us a break!'
"In response [the Rev. Al] Sharpton called for a boycott of the Post and its advertisers. 'It was ugly and divisive. She was degraded,' he said.
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