Ghana's dancing pallbearers - now a famous meme - share message thanking coronavirus doctors around the world and urging people: 'Stay at home, or you dance with us!'
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UK Daily Mail ^
| May 8, 2020 | Alice Cachia
Ghana's famous dancing pallbearers have shared a heartwarming video thanking doctors around the world for their work fighting coronavirus. The
footage, shared online by lead pallbearer Benjamin Aidoo, shows the seven men dressed head-to-toe in white, complete with gloves and face masks. One pallbearer, believed to be Aidoo, sits at the front wearing a red sash and sunglasses, as he addresses the camera. He says: 'Hello everyone, we want to thank all the doctors in the world', before pausing as the pallbearers behind him break out in applause.
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Sen. John McCain's pallbearers to include Warren Beatty, Joe Biden, Gary Hart, plus (tr)
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Daily Mail (UK) ^
| 8/27/18 | Geoff Earle
Full Title: Sen. John McCain's pallbearers to include Warren Beatty, Joe Biden, Gary Hart, plus billionaire Michael Bloomberg and FedEx CEO while his ushers include health and telecom execs McCain's office announced his pallbearers and other aspects of three days of services for hero Actor Warren Beatty will be among those serving
as pall bearers Vice President Joe Biden, a friend from the Senate, also will be there Former Sens. Gary Hart, Phil Gramm, and Russ Feingold will join, as well Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse Among those paying tribute to McCain at his memorial services will be Jeff Flake, Joe...
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Teens Step Forward to Serve as Pallbearers for Veteran with No Family
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Townhall.com ^
| January 4, 2017 | Todd Starnes
Navy veteran Jerry Wayne Pino died on Dec. 12th in Long Beach, Mississippi. He was 70 years old. We
don’t know that much about Jerry. He was born in Baton Rouge and joined the Navy in New Orleans. He was a petty officer third class in Vietnam. That’s the extent of his biography. No family. No friends. He died alone. Jerry’s body lay unclaimed for several weeks at Riemann Family Funeral Homes. “No one stepped forward,” funeral home worker Cathy Warden told me. “He just didn’t have any family.” Miss Cathy explained the situation to her colleague Eva Boomer and...
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Muhammad Ali pallbearers will include Will Smith and Lennox Lewis
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Los Angeles Times ^
| June 7, 2016 | Chuck Schilken
Actor Will Smith and former world heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis will be among the eight pallbearers at Muhammad Ali’s memorial service Friday in Louisville, Ky. The legendary boxer died June 3 following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. Other
pallbearers at the service will include Jerry Ellis — brother of the late Jimmy Ellis, who was Ali’s former sparring partner and former world heavyweight champion — and several relatives and close friends. Smith received an Oscar nomination for playing the title role in the 2001 movie “Ali.”
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High school students volunteer as pallbearers for homeless veterans
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fox6now.com ^
| october 31, 2015
Some Michigan high school students are redefining the term "extracurricular activity." In
addition to club meetings, band practices and football games, University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy teens are also signing up to serve as pallbearers for homeless veterans. Six students recently volunteered to be pallbearers for three dead homeless veterans. Senior Joshua Gonzales is one of the student leaders who helped develop the program. He said this new opportunity for students is "meant to help dignify and respect the human being." The students' initial plan was to carry the caskets for homeless individuals, said the Rev. Karl...
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