{"id":5877,"date":"2026-01-21T16:13:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/?p=5877"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:13:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:13:26","slug":"this-beloved-actress-and-singer-died-in-2019-but-she-refused-to-have-a-funeral-memorial-or-grave-marking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/?p=5877","title":{"rendered":"This beloved actress and singer died in 2019 \u2013 but she refused to have a funeral, memorial, or grave marking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After becoming one of the biggest performers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, Doris Day, a legendary actress and singer, died two years ago at the age of 97.<\/p>\n<p>She published almost 650 songs between 1947 and 1967, starred in nearly 30 films, and won several honors for her contributions to music and film, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom<\/p>\n<div id=\"aek21-2831954057\" class=\"aek21-article2\"><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/557447483_122196619592355230_5033945399945749771_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/557447483_122196619592355230_5033945399945749771_n-526x400.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/557447483_122196619592355230_5033945399945749771_n-526x400.jpg 526w, https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/557447483_122196619592355230_5033945399945749771_n-290x220.jpg 290w\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The beloved singer and actress passed away in 2019, but a close friend just disclosed that she had no desire for a grave marking, funeral, or memorial service.<\/p>\n<p>However, why? Let\u2019s investigate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"aek21-757700987\" class=\"aek21-article3\"><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/557447483_122196619592355230_5033945399945749771_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/557447483_122196619592355230_5033945399945749771_n-526x400.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 526px) 100vw, 526px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/557447483_122196619592355230_5033945399945749771_n-526x400.jpg 526w, https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/557447483_122196619592355230_5033945399945749771_n-290x220.jpg 290w\" alt=\"\" width=\"526\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Doris Day\u2019s skill, her affection for animals, and her humility are just a few of the many reasons to like her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After becoming one of the biggest performers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, Doris Day, a legendary actress and singer, died two years ago at the age of 97. She &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5879,"href":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5877\/revisions\/5879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/todaynews11.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}