Before i expound largley onto the fandom section of the subject; i want to show the public versions of hide’s funeral and report.  It’s imperitave that i show this, as one of my sources on Hideto Matsumoto was indeed an article in AsiaWeek about his passing.  (And no, i am not referencing five hide plushies just to prove my own fandom :P)

http://www.youtube.com/v/ih8nqabeies

Funeral video from “HIS INVINCIBLE DELUGE EVIDENCE” (HIDE)

http://www.youtube.com/v/D8SNeBitRz8

X-Japan members performing “FOREVER LOVE” at hide’s funeral.

http://www.youtube.com/v/Exq5bv5fyJo

Yoshiki Hayashi speaking on Live Television.

http://www.youtube.com/v/D7xwsv5ZLVk

WITHOUT YOU (Played at a recent HIDE MEMORIAL concert in Japan.)

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