DJ AM Attends Memorial Service for Plane Crash Victim

US Magazine - 29th Sep 2008

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Travis Barker: DJ AM joined mourners at a memorial service for Chris Baker on Monday, 10 days after the plane crash that killed Baker and three others. DJ AM and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker were the only survivors; both were badly burned.

On Friday, DJ AM, was released from the Joseph M. Still Burn Center at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Georgia. He returned to Los Angeles by bus. Barker was released on Monday, according to a hospital spokesman. The rocker suffered second and third degree burns in the crash.

“Both Travis and DJ AM wanted to be back for [the funeral]. Travis won't be able to walk for a while since his feet were burned badly, " a source told Usmagazine.com.

Family and friends had a private memorial for Baker on Saturday. “All his family and friends that he grew up with were there,” his mother, Linda Warn, told Us. “The Impala Club that he used to participate in when he was younger brought their cars and parked them all out front. They also dug out some photos of Chris and we made them into large photos for the memorial.” Read full story at US Magazine

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