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Ellington burial leads mourners in New York service
In New York Ellington was buried after a funeral at St John the Divine attended by 10,000 mourners and 2,000 outside. Notables like Count Basie Ella Fitzgerald and Lou Rawls paid tribute as Stanley Dance praised Ellington as a genius and innovator.
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New York
Duke Ellington
Duke
Norman J. O'Connor
Ellington
Episcopal
St. John the Divine
O’connor
Edward Kennedy Flington
Washington, D.C
Woodlawn
Bronx
William
Count” Basie
Harlem
Joe Williams
Michele LeGrande
Stanley Scott
Pearl Bailey
Miss Bailey
Louis Bellson
Stanley Dance