Familiar to music fans around the globe, The Beatles' Eleanor Rigby is one of the most poignant in popular music history.
Released in 1966 as a double-A side with Yellow Submarine, the song tells the story of a woman whose funeral "nobody came" to, and asks: "All the lonely people, where do they all belong?"
Paul McCartney told Observer Music Monthly in November 2008 that the song had been inspired by local pensioners that he'd helped out when he was young.
He recalled: "There were a couple of old ladies and I used to go round and say, 'Do you need any shopping done?' These lonely old ladies were something I knew about growing up, and that was what 'Eleanor Rigby' was about - the fact that she died and nobody really noticed. I knew this went on."
The sad fact is increasing numbers of people are dying alone, mirroring the plight of Eleanor.
Thanks to the kindness of the public, however, one retired soldier didn't have to endure that final humiliation.
When Alex McDougall passed away, staff at the Beeston Fields Care Home in Nottingham appealed for mourners on social media over fears the funeral would only be attended by a limited number of staff.
But they were overwhelmed when over 500 people from across the UK turned up at Bramcote Crematorium to remember the 'forgotten' solider.
Members of the Armed Forces, Royal British Legion, and emergency services filled the grounds of the crematorium for the service.
The ex-gunner served his country for 30 years and survived being shot at and almost starving to death on measly rations.
Tragically the 77-year-old, who was "married to the job", died without a friend or relative in the world.
Deborah King, from the home, said: "It's so nice that people that have been in the military, veterans and those serving, are taking an interest and showing there are kind people out there.
"He would probably be quite overwhelmed by it all."
Andy Harrison, who is with the Royal Engineers, said it was important to honour a former soldier.
He said: "There's countless others from the station Chetwynd Barracks who will be going down... we can't allow his passing to go unmarked."
Following the funeral, the lifelong Glasgow Rangers supporter will have his ashes scattered at the team's Ibrox Stadium.
