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*Chris Smith remembered his Kris Kross hip-hop partner Chris Kelly Thursday as a true friend who he’s sure is in heaven now. Smith struggled to speak at the pulpit of Jackson Baptist Memorial Church at Kelly’s funeral attended by some 300 friends, family and fellow entertainers, reports the Associated Press. The 34-year-old Kelly, who had [...]
*A public viewing for former Kris Kross rapper Chris Kelly was held Wednesday at an Atlanta funeral home, with the artist’s uncle among the mourners who spoke. “He will be very missed, especially within our family,” Lemar Williams said outside the Murray Brothers Funeral Home. “To the world he was Kris Kross, but to us [...]
*They’re at it again. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church, which has picketed the funerals of U.S. servicemen and planned to picket the funerals of Sandy Hook shooting victims, announced this morning that they plan to picket today’s funeral of film critic Roger Ebert, who died last week at age 70 following a lengthy battle [...]
*A funeral service will be held in Baltimore today for Robert F. Chew, the actor best known for his role as narcotics kingpin Proposition Joe on HBO’s “The Wire.” As previously reported, the actor and teacher died Jan. 17 of apparent heart failure while asleep in his Baltimore home. He was 52. In addition to [...]
*Sherman Hemsley’s friends and family will gather in Texas on Wednesday (Nov. 21) for the actor’s funeral, almost four months after his death last summer. The actor lost his battle with lung cancer on July 24, but his memorial service was delayed and his body was held at a funeral home while the courts ruled [...]
*Holly Robinson Peete, Vivica A. Fox, Loretta Devine and Stevie Wonder were among those who helped celebrate the life of Michael Clarke Duncan during a nearly four-hour memorial service Monday marked by heartfelt speeches, rousing gospel performances and photos of the always-smiling star, reports the Associated Press. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Former reality TV [...]
*A public memorial for the late Michael Clarke Duncan included a screening of the actor’s breakout, Oscar-nominated performance in “The Green Mile.” [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] NBC Los Angeles affiliate Channel 4 reports that Sunday’s four-hour tribute at Forest Lawn in the Hollywood Hills also featured speeches from Duncan friends and a slideshow, according [...]
*LL Cool J and Sean “Diddy” Combs were among the notables who packed a standing-room-only funeral chapel Wednesday to pay final respects to music-industry mogul Chris Lighty. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The 44-year-old was found dead in his Bronx apartment last week with a gunshot wound to the head. The medical examiner ruled it [...]
*A funeral for Usher’s former stepson Kile Glover will be held on Friday in Atlanta. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The 11-year-old son of Usher’s ex-wife Tameka Foster was taken off life support last weekend after a horrific July 6 jet-ski accident that left Glover brain-dead. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that the funeral will take [...]
*We all have seen or even know that special singer at the church that is completely tone death. They are the first to volunteer to do a solo or jump up during any church service (because they’re caught up in the “spirit”) and sing loud and out of tune with the choir. If this has [...]
*Rihanna has apologized to her late grandmother for guzzling beer on the day of her funeral. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The 24-year-old tweeted her feelings yesterday along with the above pic of herself make-up free and holding a bottle of booze. The caption read: ”I had to!!! Sorry granny.” The somber occasion was the [...]
*Rihanna paid her respects to her beloved grandmother at a private wake in New York City on Thursday. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The singer reportedly cleared her schedule to be with family following the death of her maternal grandmother Clara “Dolly” Braithwaite, who lost her cancer battle over the weekend. Rihanna visited the Frank [...]
*In 2009, we reported an unbelievable story that drew a heap of skeptics because a child that was in a coma for six months came out of the coma during a church service via a laying on of hands. But a story out of Brazil is kind of the opposite as a child wakes from [...]
*Donna Summer will be laid to rest during a private funeral ceremony in Tennessee on Wednesday, May 23. The disco legend died of lung cancer on May 17 in her Florida home. She was 63. Publicist Brian Edwards said in a statement Friday that Summer’s family is overwhelmed and appreciates the outreach from fans and [...]
*It’s been three months since Whitney Houston’s funeral, but there was something about the way it was done that everyone remembers. Watching such a high profile funeral take place at home; back in the neighborhood where it all started with little to no controversy. Even with every star imaginable showing up for the funeral, the [...]
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