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Limo Gone Sad: A black limousine gets a final ride through Marquette County, Michigan

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A Limo Gone Sad: From Dream Rides to Rust Bucket

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By Greg Peterson, Upper Peninsula Breaking News

Limo Gone Sad Marquette Twp by Greg Peterson on 8-6-14 (3)(Marquette, Michigan) – In recent years the sight of an occasional limousine around the Marquette area has become almost common.

But how often do you see a limo getting a ride of its own in Marquette County?

We spotted this limo on the back of a flatbed wrecker on Thursday (8-6-14) in Marquette Township.

It turns out the limo had been languishing behind a Harvey, MI home for a long time sitting and decomposing in tall grass – and is now officially a rust bucket.

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From some angles the limo didn’t look too bad – but we’re told the entire undercarriage was rusted out – and the body had seen much better days. Scroll down to see more photos.

Now its in the old limo graveyard.

I remember as I kid I thought driving in a black limousine was cool – happened in Augusta when my dad took a job at Castleberry’s Foods.

I loved John Denver’s “Thank God I am a Country Boy”: “Yeah, city folk driving in a black limousine, a lotta sad people thinking that’s-a mighty keen.”

Then we won a trip to the NBA All-Star game in Vegas – and were treated like royalty by the NBA and with so many limos.

We’re not sure who the former Limo owner is – but we did a Google search for Limo services for Marquette, MI – in case you happen to want one.

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Marquette Limos:

http://marquettelimo.com/faq

Found a few other names for limo services in Marquette but none still had their own website

John Denver, Elvis, Rolling Stones, Glen Campbell, Merle Haggard and many others sing about Black Limos

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/johndenver/thankgodimacountryboy.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Limousine

http://www.classic-country-song-lyrics.com/longblacklimousinelyricschords.html

http://letras.mus.br/elvis-presley/347531/

http://music.whosdatedwho.com/tpx_1415052/long-black-limousine

http://www.kboing.com.br/glen-campbell/1220349-long-black-limousine.html

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/12/joe-south