His former Celtic and Sheffield Wednesday team-mate Simon Donnelly was among the pallbearers.

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Honorary pallbearers, including former talk show host Merv Griffin, joined the family.

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Fellow critic Richard Roeper served as one of the pallbearers, carrying Ebert's casket into the cathedral, where dignitaries waited, including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

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Honorary pallbearers, including many who had served in the Ford White House, such as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, stood at attention, their hands over their hearts.

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Crowds who had gathered in the square outside the church stood in silence as the pallbearers made their way through the graveyard to the sound of a lone piper.

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Six of Goldwater's grandsons will serve as pallbearers.

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Eight military pallbearers carried the coffin.

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Rabin's family followed the pallbearers.

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At the funeral for the Hot 8 drummer, the pallbearers put the casket into an ancient buggy hearse, led by a horse and driver as an army of musicians played "Lord, Lord, Lord, " a thumping gospel song with roaring trumpets that galvanized the crowd.

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