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Funeral of entertainer/activist Lena Horne

Funeral of entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne at Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York, Friday, May 14, 2010.

Entertainer Jinji Nicole arrives for the funeral of fellow entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne at Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York, Friday, May 14, 2010.

Family members and friends, right, stand together silently as pallbearers carry the casket of entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne into the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York.

Actress Cicely Tyson arrives for the funeral of entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

Entertainer Vanessa Williams arrives for the funeral of entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

Congressman John Lewis, left, greets onlookers as he arrives for the funeral of entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

Actress Diahann Carroll arrives for the funeral of entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

New York Gov. David Paterson arrives for the funeral for entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

Former New York Mayor David Dinkins, left, and New York Gov. David Patterson, right, arrive for the funeral of entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

Fans hold a thank you banner during the funeral for entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

A fan hold a thank you banner during the funeral for entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

Opera soprano Jessye Norman arrives for the funeral for entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

Chita Rivera arrives for the funeral for entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

Lena Horne's grandaughters Jenny Lumet, far left, Amy Lumet, fourth from right, and her daughter Gail Lumet, second from right, stand with family and friends after the departure of her casket.

The daughter of Lena Horne, Gail Lumet-Buckley, second right, and grand-daughter Jenny Lumet third right, are surrounded by friends and family at the funeral for entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

Jenny Lumet embraces her daughter Sasha, 2, at the funeral service for her grandmother.

Gail Lumet, center, is supported as she leaves following the funeral for her mother, entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

The marquee at the Apollo Theater in the Harlem section of New York displays a tribute to the late entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne.

Lena Horne known for her signature song "Stormy Weather" and for her triumph over bigotry, died Sunday at New York Presbyterian Hospital. She was 92. Horne, who broke racial barriers as a Hollywood and Broadway star will forever be remebered. June 30, 1917 - May 9, 2010

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Entertainer Jinji Nicole arrives for the funeral of fellow entertainer and civil rights activist Lena Horne at Church of St. Ignatius Loyola in New York, Friday, May 14, 2010.

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