Johnny Depp’s late-flowering fellowship with British guitar legend Jeff Beck was so meaningful to both men. Depp was the only other mourner present when Beck’s wife Sandra said her final farewells to him last Saturday.
Johnny Depp, Sir Rod Stewart, Tim Burton, and Robert Plant were among the stars who said a final farewell to one of rock’s all time greats Jeff Beck at his funeral in South London on Friday. The late star was laid to rest at St Mary’s Church in Beddington, Sutton, with a host of rock royalty attending to pay their final respects, Daily Mail reports.
Jeff Beck passed away at 78
Beck, 78, died suddenly in January after contracting bacterial meningitis. His funeral was last Friday and it can be revealed that he was buried the following day in an unusual ‘green’ ceremony in the gardens of his home in Wadhurst, East Sussex.
His widow Sandra, their dog Paddy and Depp shared the moment. The 59-year-old actor is understood to be staying in Wadhurst post-funeral. Friends say he reveres Sandra and her bond with Jeff.
Depp spent much of lockdown at the couple’s home, and the run-up to his disastrous High Court action, when he unsuccessfully sued a newspaper for describing him as a ‘wife-beater’ after the breakdown of his marriage to actress Amber Heard.
He and Beck also released an album last year, and did a short tour in Europe and America. The actor supported Sandra at Beck’s funeral, arriving with her at St Mary’s Church in Beddington, Sutton. (There was no sign of London lawyer Joelle Rich, with whom he enjoyed a romance last year, and pals believe they broke up some time ago.)
A friend says: ‘’It was always Jeff’s great wish that Johnny would find someone who was good for him, a soulmate, in the way Sandra was his soulmate. They would talk about it often.’’
