Malcolm McLaren sent off in style

Malcolm McLaren, the former Sex Pistols manager, was celebrated today at his funeral in north London.

His coffin was carried by a horse-drawn carriage and passed through the streets of Camden on the way to Highgate cemetery with the words "too fast to live, too young to die" on the side reports the bbc.

Hundreds of fans gathered along the route by Camden Lock to pay their last respects.

Mourners included his former partner, fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, and Sir Bob Geldof.

McLaren, 64, was later buried at Highgate Cemetery in a private service.

At midday, well-wishers were encouraged to participate in a "minute of mayhem" rather than the conventional minute's silence to mark McLaren's life.
The idea was said to have come from Adam Ant who was also at the service.

The slogan which was spray-painted on McLaren's coffin was the name of his shop on London's King's Road, until it became known as Sex.

A green double-decker bus with a destination of "Nowhere" was also parked outside the deconsecrated north London church, which was the starting point for the funeral procession.

Members of the funeral party travelled on the bus through Camden, which played Sid Vicious's version of My Way at high volume.

The back of the bus was draped with a banner which read "Malcolm was here 1946-2010".