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Sir Jimmy Savile to be buried at Scarborough cemetery Jimmy Savile cortege begins tour of Scarborough
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Three days of events celebrating the life of Sir Jimmy Savile will conclude later when he is buried in a North Yorkshire cemetery. The funeral cortege of Sir Jimmy Savile has embarked on its final journey with a tour along the seafront of his beloved Scarborough.
The former DJ and presenter died at his home in Leeds on 29 October, aged 84.The former DJ and presenter died at his home in Leeds on 29 October, aged 84.
Thousands of fans saw his coffin at a hotel in Leeds on Tuesday, the day before his funeral service at the city's St Anne's Cathedral. Hundreds of fans gathered to pay their respects at his funeral in Leeds Cathedral on Wednesday.
Sir Jimmy will be buried in one of his trademark tracksuits at Woodlands Cemetery in Scarborough. Sir Jimmy will be buried in one of his trademark tracksuits in a gold-coloured coffin at Woodlands Cemetery in Scarborough on Thursday afternoon.
He will also be wearing a Help For Heroes wristband, to mark his support for the armed services, and a green beret, presented to him by the Royal Marines in the 1970s. He is also wearing a Help For Heroes wristband, to mark his support for the armed services, and a green beret, presented to him by the Royal Marines in the 1970s.
His body will be set at an angle of 45 degrees "to enable him to see the sea", funeral director Robert Morphet has said.His body will be set at an angle of 45 degrees "to enable him to see the sea", funeral director Robert Morphet has said.
Sir Jimmy's gold-coloured coffin will tour Scarborough, where he had a home, to give people there the chance to pay their respects before he is laid to rest in the most elevated plot in the cemetery. Sir Jimmy had a home in the resort whose residents are being given the chance to pay their respects before he is laid to rest in the most elevated plot in the cemetery.