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In addition to the work stoppage, Local 10 of the ILWU voted to send four honorary pallbearers to the funeral of Dr. King, who was an honorary member of the ILWU.
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Anthony Davis was asked to be one of the honorary pallbearers at the funeral of former New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson, who died last week.
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Honorary pallbearers and friends are Philip Goff, Edward Valenti and Michael Shear.
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Four of Feis’ pallbearers were football players wearing their jerseys.
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Two years later, after Grissom died in the Apollo 1 fire, his pallbearers were his fellow Mercury astronauts—and Gemini crew mate John Young.
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The officers held their stance as the casket, draped with a Maryland Flag, was taken inside the building by pallbearers for the funeral service.
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That same year, Ronald Stokes, a 29-year-old black Muslim man, was killed when LAPD shot several unarmed people at Muslim Temple 27; Malcolm X was among his pallbearers.
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His 12 grandsons will serve as pallbearers at his funeral on Friday.
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: a person who helps to carry the coffin at a funeral
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