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There's been plenty of mourning since Kurt Cochran was killed in a London terrorist attack in March.
Now, his family wants fellow Utahns to join in celebrating his life in a way the 54-year-old musician would have loved — with a June 24 concert at Bountiful City Park.
The Kurt Cochran Memorial Concert begins on the park's main stage at 11 a.m. and runs through 8 p.m., according to a Facebook event announcement.
"This event is open to the public everyone is welcome to come celebrate Kurt, his love for life and music. Bring a chair or a blanket and enjoy local music with us, as Kurt loved to do every chance he had," the family states.
The event will be catered by local food trucks. A program listing local band performances for the event will be posted in the near future.
On March 22, Kurt Cochran and his wife, Melissa Payne Cochran, were walking across London's Westminster Bridge. The couple, celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary, were among dozens of people struck by an SUV driven by Kahlid Masood, a British-born convert to Islam and later extremist jihadist beliefs.
Kurt fell off the bridge and died from his injuries, one of four people killed (Masood, too, died after being shot by police). Melissa, suffering severe leg injuries, recently returned to Utah have surgery to continue her recovery.
The West Bountiful couple were self-employed, having spent the past decade building up Onion Street Studio, a music and rehearsal business in the basement of their home.
A Go Fund Me account, the Kurt Cochran Memorial Relief Fund, had raised more than $83,000 for Melissa's continuing medical and living expenses as of Wednesday.
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