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After the Funeral
After the Funeral is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in March 1953 under the title of Funerals are Fatal and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on 18 May of the same year under Christie's original title. The US edition retailed at $2.50 and the UK edition at ten shillings and sixpence (10/6).
A 1963 UK paperback issued by Fontana Books changed the title to Murder at the Gallop to tie in with
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- On January 20, 2009, Aretha Franklin sang the song at the first inauguration of Barack Obama.
- On January 21, 2013, Kelly Clarkson sang the song at the second inauguration of Barack Obama.
- It was played at Senator John McCain's funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral on Sep 1, 2018.
- The Doors used a guitar riff of the song at the beginning of their song "L.A. Woman" on the 40th anniversary