pallbearer
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He was also a pallbearer at Jota's funeral.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026
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
Whittaker caught a flight to L.A. and was at the senator’s hospital bedside when he died and then served as a pallbearer at the funeral.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Kara-Murza had been a friend of Sen. John McCain and was a pallbearer at his 2018 funeral.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
And greatest is Rostam—a warhorse to Neptune, a pallbearer of the Nazarene.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
Just under two years later and both Ewie and Frans would be pallbearers at Hansie's funeral following his shock death in a plane crash.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2025
It was lifted by pallbearers and carried into the church.
From New York Times ● Nov. 20, 2024
But five months later, Davy Kirkwood, an audio engineer and one of the pallbearers at Dio’s funeral, also died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2024
The couple watched as Valenzuela’s family made their way inside the cathedral, followed by the pallbearers who helped move the pitcher’s casket adorned with white roses inside the building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2024
Only Maniac and the man from the funeral home and the six pallbearers and two men off to the side, smoking cigarettes and leaning on a little hole-digging tractor that made Maniac think of something.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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