pallbearer
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After Kennedy’s assassination, Whittaker was a pallbearer at the funeral in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 15, 2026
At the dog park, he turned strangers into fast friends, joining regulars for dinner and even serving as a pallbearer at one of their funerals.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
Showing how much he was part of the drive to stop slavery, the Duke of Gloucester was a pallbearer at the funeral of the great abolitionist, William Wilberforce, in 1833.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2023
Kara-Murza had been a friend of Sen. John McCain and was a pallbearer at his 2018 funeral.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Hale served again as a pallbearer, holding aloft the casket of his friend.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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The band kept playing as the pallbearers trudged onward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2025
It was lifted by pallbearers and carried into the church.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
At the front of the cathedral, pallbearers placed the casket next to a large photo of a smiling Valenzuela.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
Ten Hag and other Twente players were pallbearers at Scharmin's funeral and the United manager has a day of mourning on 7 June every year.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2024
Right here on the landing, Madame Manec tells her, pallbearers dropped the coffin carrying Etienne’s great-aunt.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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