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Mario Cuomo’s Funeral: A Touching Scene at St. Ignatius Loyola Captured in American Funeral Director’s March 2015 Cover Story
Read more: Mario Cuomo’s Funeral: A Touching Scene at St. Ignatius Loyola Captured in American Funeral Director’s March 2015 Cover StoryA scene from the funeral of former New York State Governor, Mario M. Cuomo, as his casket is being carried to the hearse after a Mass at Park Avenue’s St. Ignatius Loyola. Read more about Gov. Cuomo’s life and death in my profile which is in the March issue of American Funeral Director. Celebrating Mario…
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Remembering Joan Rivers: Insights from the September 7th Memorial Service
Read more: Remembering Joan Rivers: Insights from the September 7th Memorial ServiceOutside Fifth Avenue’s Temple Emanu-El after the memorial service for Joan Rivers. I was there to cover it for Kates-Boylston’s “Funerals of the Famous” series. The experience was rather surreal as we were sitting in the second row, right behind Howard Stern and his beautiful wife, Beth. Howard Stern is not listed on the program,…
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My Favorite Funeral
Read more: My Favorite FuneralThe funeral for Mayor Koch was a true celebration of his life! Each and every speaker shared memories –both personal and public–as well as anecdotes which made the entire audience laugh. Mayor Bloomberg, especially, was in top form regaling everyone with amusing quips and heartfelt praise. The signature moment came at the end of the…