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funeral

noun as in ceremony for the dead

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He had a private funeral in the Los Angeles area, followed by a public memorial in Toronto that prompted a national outpouring of grief in Canada.

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She was not at the scene but attended funerals on Tuesday, and added that they were still "collecting body parts".

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One of those, a woman in her 40s, was buried without a single person attending her funeral.

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He is also said to have recounted his role in an attempt on the life of an unnamed US Secretary of State at a state funeral in Pakistan.

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Mr Levy's comments came as hundreds of people attended the funeral service for Mr Cravitz.

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