name Usher Terry Raymond IV, and fashion stylist Tameka Raymond, who divorced in 2009 after two years of marriage, are currently fighting for custody of their two sons, Usher Raymond V, 4, and Naviyd, 3. According to TMZ, Usher, 33, requested their August 13 hearing be delayed, claiming heading to court “in the immediate wake of this tragedy” would cause “unnecessary stress and strain” for all par…
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tion on April 17 Will Margaret Thatcher’s funeral be broadcasted? BBC1 will be showing live coverage from 9.15 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. Who will be at St Paul’s Cathedral? According to Downing Street, 2,000 invitations are being sent out, with guests including former prime ministers, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Lord Archer and Jeremy Clarkson. Margaret Thatcher’s children, Carol…
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Whitney Houston’s family members, including her mother Cissy and daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown, took the opportunity to pay their respects in private at Whigham Funeral Home, Newark, New Jersey, yesterday. Millions of viewers are expected to witness Whitney Houston’s funeral at noon today. Bobbi Kristina Brown, 18, who made her first appearance since being rushed to hospital after col…
Robyn Crawford, Whitney Houston’s former personal assistant, had been the singer’s secret lesbian lover for many years, claims gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell. Peter Tatchell claimed Whitney Houston attended an AIDS event in London, in 1991, with a gay partner. Though he declined to identify her, the organizer – respected gay rights and equality consultant Vernal Scott – said that Pete…
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…been thought Bobby Brown would be kept away amid resentment he led Whitney Houston astray and fears he was trying to get his hands on her $40 million fortune. The 90-minute service will take place at 12:00 p.m. local time at the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, where Whitney Houston was first discovered as a teenager. It will reportedly be a mixture of religious music and celebrity…
…ng the service. But on account of his connection with daughter Bobbi Kristina, Bobby Brown was later told he would be able to pay his last respects to Whitney Houston – who he was married to for 14 years. According to CNN, guests held in their hands an invitation with a cover featuring a photo of a smiling Whitney Houston. The six-page funeral program contained color family photos and a note…
2003 funeral of her father. Carolyn Whigham, the funeral home’s owner, said the invitation-only funeral reflects the family’s desire to keep the memorial more personal. “They have shared her for 30 some years with the city, with the state, with the world. This is their time now for their farewell,” Carolyn Whigham said. “The family thanks all the fans, the friends and the media, but this tim…
no eulogy, she is only mentioned once or twice in the service. It uses the book of common prayer, which is actually quite austere in places.” As well as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, all 32 members of the current cabinet will attend the service, along with more than 30 members of Margaret Thatcher’s cabinets from her time as prime minister. There will be more than 50 guests ass…
end of Ramadan after a prosecutor was appointed to oversee charges. Recep Cetin, whose true age is not known, will be held in custody for at least another week as the Islamic holy month ends on August 30. The Turkish waiter, who has eventually confessed to killing the two women in a forest near Izmir, earlier tried to cover up their murders by claiming they had been attacked by a gang of men. Rece…
…After the service, there will be a private cremation service in Mortlake, south-west London. It is understood that Margaret Thatcher wished to be laid to rest alongside her husband, Denis, who died in 2003, in the cemetery of the Royal Hospital Chelsea….
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Thousands of well-wishers witnessed an honor guard of firefighters standing to attention to salute pallbearers carrying Boston Marathon attack victim Krystle Campbell’s casket into church today. The line outside St. Joseph Church on Monday for the 11 a.m. funeral of 29-year-old Krystle Campbell stretched down the block as 23 officers on motorbikes joined the procession. Krystle Campbell was…
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Tameka Raymond, Usher’s ex-wife, suffered fresh heartache today after losing the custody battle over their two sons. Usher, 33, was awarded primary care of 4-year-old Usher Raymond V and Naviyd, 3, after a ruling by Georgia judge, TMZ reports. It comes just weeks after Tameka Raymond’s 11-year-old son Kile – from a previous relationship – tragically died following a freak…
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…#8220;with much of what she did”. Conservative MPs queued up in the Commons to pay their respects to Margaret Thatcher, who was prime minister from 1979 to 1990, but about half of Labour’s 256 MPs stayed away. The Lords also held a debate on the former prime minister, with her former Cabinet ministers Lord Fowler and Lord Tebbit among those paying tribute. The Guardian has reported tha…
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…et Thatcher, who died at the age of 87 on April 8, had strong connections to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, home of the Pensioners, over the last 10 years. The Margaret Thatcher Infirmary opened there in 2009. Downing Street has announced that well-known hymns and poems will mark next week’s funeral of former British PM Margaret Thatcher The coffin will be carried into and out of the cathedral…
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ng to health problems, his spokesman has said. The guest list for the event was drawn up by Margaret Thatcher’s family with the assistance of the government and the Conservative Party. More than 2,000 invitations will be sent out, with most set to be dispatched on Friday. Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip are already confirmed for the ceremony, which will take place in St Paul’s Cat…
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…e Jobs died, following a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Apple announced no cause of death, but Steve Jobs was diagnosed with a rare pancreatic cancer seven years ago and had a liver transplant in 2009. It sparked an outpouring of tributes from world leaders such as President Barack Obama, business rivals including Bill Gates and other fans. Apple would not confirm or deny the funeral reports…
gave a moving eulogy. The BBC issued a statement in a lengthy defense of its decision to show extensive coverage of Whitney Houston’s funeral The BBC, which is also understood to have received about 35 complaints that it had interrupted coverage of the service, said the decision to air the funeral had been made “very carefully”. BBC statement said: “We know from our audiences across the BBC as a…
Whitney Houston’s flower-covered casket arrived at New Hope Baptist Church where her powerful voice first wowed a congregation as family made final preparations to remember the pop superstar in her hometown. Whitney Houston's casket arrived at New Hope Baptist Church in her hometown Newark, New Jersey ORDER OF SERVICE New Hope Mass Choir and The New Jersey Mass Choir sin…
A military rehearsal of former British PM Margaret Thatcher’s funeral procession has taken place in central London. More than 700 members of the armed forces drawn from all three services took part in the practice before dawn. They will line the route of the funeral procession from Westminster to St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday. Margaret Thatcher’s coffin is to be carried in a…
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…ail said that if the person owned a dog, and the dog died, they would not come to my funeral home,” Carolyn Whigham said. “I’m worried about my employees, worried about me. I’ve been in business since 1943. This is my name, my character. Honestly, this is my life’s work. We would never do something like this.” Whitney Houston’s mother Cissy and daughter Bobbi Kristina are said to be outraged…
p Bobbi Kristina, because Cissy cannot stand Bobby. “She just didn’t want a big drama with him on that day of all days.” Bobbi Kristina is also apparently upset following her parents’ divorce in 2007 and how quickly Bobby Brown moved on. Bobby Brown has become engaged and has a two-year-old little boy with fiancé Alicia Etheredge. “There was some confusion about Bobbi Kristina’s whereabouts…
Houston, Bobbi Kristina and singer’s cousin Dionne Warwick chose a purple gown and spectacular jewelry for the singer to wear in her casket, said an insider. “Cissy told me, <<Out of the nearly 300 gowns in Whitney’s closet, that purple dress was one of her favorites. We thought it was what she should wear when she sings for God>>”, the close source told the National Enquirer. “Bobbi…
was with an unidentified 15-year-old girl at the time and both children were airlifted to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Egleston. He was later declared brain dead. A friend of the family, 38-year-old Jeffrey S. Hubbard, was allegedly operating the jet ski at the time of the collision. Sergeant Mike Burgamy of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources said: “A pontoon was pulling the…
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…support the couple’s 18-year-old daughter, Bobbi Kristina. Whitney Houston may be buried alongside her father, army serviceman and entertainment executive John Russell Houston Jr., who died in 2003 There is believed to have been disagreement among the Houston family as to where Whitney Houston should be buried. Whitney Houston’s mother Cissy and her cousin Dionne Warwick are said to…
…funeral will be shown live on US television after the Houston family agreed to have a single video camera inside the church. Whitney Houston’s funeral will also be streamed on the BBC News website at 12:00 EST. Various media crews are already in place outside the church, hoping to capture footage of the guests arriving and leaving. Whitney Houston was one of the world's best-selling artists…
