A public funeral for Go Betweens man Grant McLennan, who, as previously reported, died suddenly in his sleep last Saturday, has taken place in at the St Johns Anglican church in Brisbane. Around 1000 people amassed for the funeral, and heard tributes from his sister Sally, his songwriting partner Robert Forster and McLennan's girlfriend Emma Pursey.
Meanwhile Forster has thanked fans and friends for their tributes to the musician in a post on his band's website: "Today I went to the website and read some of the magnificent tributes that have flown in for Grant. People for some days have been telling me of the beautiful things written there. And today I felt well enough and strong enough to go in and read. I thank you all. In time I shall read every one of them. I see familiar names scattered from our past. The vast majority I don't know. All of you Grant and I have met through our music. Your words and thoughts I find very, very moving. I sense the love and understanding for Grant and his music, and I take the support you send to me to my heart. These last days I have Grant in my head. He talks to me in odd moments. I hear him... and I always will."