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Frank Sinatra's gardenia-laden casket was carried into Beverly Hills' Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday night for the vigil in advance of his funeral mass, scheduled for Wednesday, and burial later in a family plot near Palm Springs. The interment site at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City is where his mother, Natalie "Dolly" Sinatra, and father, Anthony Martin Sinatra, are buried. Sinatra was 82 when he died Thursday of heart failure...
Tuesday night's one-hour vigil -- led by Cardinal Roger Mahony, the archbishop of Los Angeles -- was private and said to be very emotional. More than 400 people attended. Sinatra's widow, Barbara, was comforted by her son, New York attorney Robert Marx. A medley of Sinatra songs was played, a choir sang and there were reminiscences by Sinatra's daughter Nancy and granddaughter Amanda. Tony Bennett also spoke before the rosary was recited. Choir member Chris Green quoted Bennett as saying of Sinatra: "We all fell in love, fell out of love, and fell in love again...
...originated form more than just thesagacity and self-assurance of his sermons. Therest of the world seemed to ascend the steps ofMemorial Church back in 1991 when Gomes' publiclystated that he was a homosexual. Although mostapplauded his announcement, a small but vocalgroup demanded his resignation and even held acandlelight vigil in front of the church...
...nuns finished the day by leading the chantsat a candlelight vigil in front of Au Bon Pain inHolyoke Center to show support for six Tibetanswho started a hunger strike in New Delhi on March10, the Tibetan National Uprising...
...vigil drew about 80 candleholders, some ofwhom were fasting for 24 hours in support of thehunger strikers, as well as numerous curiousonlookers. The vigil lasted about an hour in thechilly wind...