How a music legend’s tombstone landed in N.J. woman’s backyard (and where it’s going next)

Frankie Lymon's tombstone

Frankie Lymon's tombstone sat in Pam Nardella's Elmwood Park backyard for the better part of a decade. Now it's headed out of New Jersey. Gary Johnson

A granite tombstone sat in Pam Nardella’s Elmwood Park backyard for eight years.

It didn’t belong to anyone in her family, and it didn’t come with the house. In fact, no one was buried there.

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