By the time I got home they had already brought the coffin.

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"I had hoped the day I moved out would be feet first, in a coffin, " he said from his 23rd-floor apartment, clad in suit and tie.

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Because I thought was I just being made a fool of, and the third time I just wanted to know whether I was I going to be in there and come out in my coffin.

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The final hymn was the patriotic "I Vow To Thee My Country", and then after a blessing the coffin left as slowly as it had arrived, and, as they caught sight of it, once again the crowds outside cheered.

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Mr Barnes' coffin was carried into the minster by six of his fellow pilots and left the building to the tune I Wanna Be Like You from Disney's The Jungle Book.

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