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
Malcolm Livingstone, a military veteran who served as a pallbearer for Princess Diana, was also found dead outside a church in King's Lynn.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025
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
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
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
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
Alatorre’s honorary pallbearers draped a United Farm Workers flag over his coffin, and Mariachi Los Rams led the procession out of the cathedral, singing “De Colores.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2024
There was the low murmuring of a priest as the pallbearers began to lower the coffin from their shoulders.
From "When the Sea Turned to Silver" by Grace Lin
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