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Mourners Pay Last Respects To Rohn Lawrence At First-Ever Toad's Place Funeral
Mourners Pay Last Respects To Rohn Lawrence At First-Ever Toad’s Place Funeral
by BRIAN SLATTERY | Jan 10, 2022 8:00 pm
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Posted to: Arts & Culture, Downtown, Music, Covid-19
The line on York Street went halfway down the block on Monday afternoon as friends and family gathered to bid farewell to New Haven music legend Rohn Lawrence, whose visiting hours and funeral service were held at Toad’s Place, the stage on which he’d performed countless times.
Lawrence died on Dec. 30 of Covid-19 at the age of 61. On Monday mourners filed through the main floor of Toad’s, where Lawrence lay in state on the stage, flanked by flowers and two of his guitars.
“This is how my brother lived,” said Michelle Lawrence, Rohn’s sister. “So this is how I wanted to make sure I sent him off — the way he lived. I know my brother better than anybody in the world, and I knew this is what he would want.”
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by BRIAN SLATTERY | Jan 10, 2022 8:00 pm
(1) Comments | Post a Comment | E-mail the Author
Posted to: Arts & Culture, Downtown, Music, Covid-19
The line on York Street went halfway down the block on Monday afternoon as friends and family gathered to bid farewell to New Haven music legend Rohn Lawrence, whose visiting hours and funeral service were held at Toad’s Place, the stage on which he’d performed countless times.
Lawrence died on Dec. 30 of Covid-19 at the age of 61. On Monday mourners filed through the main floor of Toad’s, where Lawrence lay in state on the stage, flanked by flowers and two of his guitars.
“This is how my brother lived,” said Michelle Lawrence, Rohn’s sister. “So this is how I wanted to make sure I sent him off — the way he lived. I know my brother better than anybody in the world, and I knew this is what he would want.”
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