Cilla Black funeral held in Liverpool
August 21, 2015, 22:40:39 CEST | Wikinews
August 21, 2015, 22:40:39 CEST | Wikinews
File photo of Cilla Black, 1970. (Image: Joost Evers / Anefo.)
Stars from the world of showbusiness joined fans and mourners yesterday at the funeral of the popular entertainer Cilla Black. Her coffin was transported in a cortege in Liverpool where she grew up, with hundreds of people paying their respects. Some were holding memorabilia related to Black's 50-year long career in entertainment, which included singing and presenting television programmes such as Blind Date.
Tom Williams, auxiliary bishop of Liverpool, conducted the Roman Catholic mass in St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Liverpool's Woolton area. This is the same church that Black got married in 1969 to Bobby Willis, who died in 1999 after 30 years of marriage. Eulogies were delivered by Cliff Richard and Paul O'Grady together with poems read by two of Black's sons. Further tributes were paid by Tom Jones, who flew in specially for the funeral.
After the service, Black was to be interred in a private ceremony, next to the graves of her parents at the Allerton cemetery. She died early this month, aged 72, after she fell at her home in Spain and suffered a stroke.
Source: Wikinews
Tom Williams, auxiliary bishop of Liverpool, conducted the Roman Catholic mass in St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Liverpool's Woolton area. This is the same church that Black got married in 1969 to Bobby Willis, who died in 1999 after 30 years of marriage. Eulogies were delivered by Cliff Richard and Paul O'Grady together with poems read by two of Black's sons. Further tributes were paid by Tom Jones, who flew in specially for the funeral.
After the service, Black was to be interred in a private ceremony, next to the graves of her parents at the Allerton cemetery. She died early this month, aged 72, after she fell at her home in Spain and suffered a stroke.
Source: Wikinews
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