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Regal rites eulogize Duke Ellington at funeral
Ella Fitzgerald led a starry memorial for Duke Ellington at St John the Divine in Manhattan, with 10 000 mourners in church and outside. Joe Williams Fatha Hines and others performed tributes as Ellington's long career and gifts to music were celebrated in a hybrid Episcopal service and concert finale.
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New York
UPI
Ella Fitzgerald
Duke Ellington
Episcopalian Cathedral Church of
St. John the Divine
Manhattan
Upper West Side
Beaadway
145Th Street
Harlem
Cotton Club
Duke
Miss Fitzgerald
Joe Williams
Earl “Patha’ Hines
Billy Taylor
Jo Jones
Lyle Atkinson
Mary Low Williams
Stanley Darke
Dance
Pearl Bailey
Nixon
Stanley Scott
Ellington
Joe Jones
Lele Atkinson
Norman O'Connor
New York City