Bee Gees star Robin Gibb's funeral scheduled next week

The funeral of late Bee Gees star Robin Gibb will take place next week, it emerged Wednesday.

The funeral will be for family, including wife Dwina and son Spencer and close friends [Photo: Reuters / Daily Mail]

Only 'close family and friends' will attend the event on June 8 but a memorial service is being arranged for later in the year.

There has been speculation that this will take place at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

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Whitney Houston mourned at her funeral

Stars, family and friends mourned Whitney Houston at her funeral in her hometown church on Saturday, a week after the death of the singer whose spectacular voice made her one of the biggest pop stars of her era.

She will always be loved

"Whitney returns home today to the place where it all began," said actor Kevin Costner, who starred opposite Houston in the 1992 hit film, "The Bodyguard."

Houston, who died in a Beverly Hills hotel room last week, recorded stirring love songs and vibrant dance tunes during a 30-year career that peaked with her 1992 signature hit "I Will Always Love You" and paved the way for a generation of singers that followed.

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Snow and tears mark funeral for North Korean leader

[ via Reuters ] 28 Dec

North Korea's military staged a huge funeral procession in the snowy streets of the capital, Pyongyang, on Wednesday for its deceased "dear leader," Kim Jong-il.

Funeral of North Korean leader Kim (Photos: Reuters )

Pictures from state television showed a funeral cortege led by a limousine carrying a huge picture of the 69-year old, who died on December 17, passing serried ranks of olive green-clad soldiers whose bare heads were bowed in homage in the main square of the capital.

A hearse carrying the coffin was led by a weeping Kim Jong-un, accompanied by Jang Song-thaek, his uncle and a key power-broker in the transition, and Ri Yong-ho, the army chief of staff.

Read full funeral details at: Reuters

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