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Struggle. when martin luther king jr. was killed, he was the one that calmed the crowd and called us to new hope. so when he was killed, it was tough. it was tough to go on. >> as both allies and rivals joined together for the funeral, the last surviving kennedy brother, senator ted kennedy, delivers the eulogy. >> i want to express what we feel to those who mourn with us today in this cathedral and around the world. we loved him as a brother, a father, and a son. >> i knew my dad. and, you know...

Because he was still here and he was obviously committed to continuing the struggle. when martin luther king, jr. was killed, he was the one that calmed the crowd. so when he was killed, it was tough. it was tough to go on. >> as both allies and rivals joined together for the funeral, the last surviving kennedy brother, senator ted kennedy, delivers the eulogy. >> i want to express what we feel to those who mourn with us today in this ka reed ral, acat around the world. we loved him as a brother...

Best seller spot on june 10th. congratulations on that remarkable book. >> thank you. >> i know it wasnt originally viewed as something that would be perhaps the last eulogy, certainly before his diagnosis, terrible, from brain cancer. >> it was. >> your feeling about the white house and the president bringing up john mccain again without mentioning him by name. going after him the other day at a rally in nashville for that vote against the repeal of obama care. >> does it regularly. were all us...

Didnt need to say the words, he knew what had happened and that day changed the kellys lives, as you can imagine. but just four days later many people dont realize general kelly delivered a eulogy for

Coast of marthas vineyard. the ashes of john, carolyn and lauren are scattered at sea. a private memorial mass is held in new york. >> it seems to fall to ted kennedy that he must eulogize everyone whos taken too soon. >> i think the most difficult moment of that funeral service was teddys final eulogy when at the end he said john had every gift but length of years. that single line incapsulated the tragedy on a personal level but what tragedy it could have been for the country. r college. in 24...

Begun streaming through to pay the their respects to the body of senator robert kennedy. >> for two days mourners lined 29 blocks outside st. patricks cathedral to pass by kennedys coffin. for the service itself 2,000 mourners crammed the cathedral. they included the rich a the powerful and the famous but also the poor and the dispossessed, farm workers, people who felt close to rfk. >> bobbys father joe is too ill to attend the funeral. his only surviving brother ted delivers the eulogy. >> he ...

Of the union army. people did not even want them to fight in the army that would ultimately lead to their freedom from slavery. im reminded of the tuskegee airmen, three quarters of a semp century later, who did battle and became heroes in world war ii. and was never given the recognition for the battles. i preached the eulogy of one, who became a major political g figure in new york. these are real patriots. patriots that not only gave their lives for the protection of this country, but they di...

Teddy, first to you. its so poignant to hear his voice,ageimages. tell me how he is and how you frame this so its so hopeful and forward looking despite the fact its his own eulogy. >> i went down and screened it three weeks ago and he seemed well. he was in good spirits and loved what he saw. i think john is thrilled because his last message, he pulled me aside and said i want you know this is my last fight. i said what do you mean? cancer? he said the cancer is a sickness. im treating that wit...

Realize right away what an enormous outpouring of grief there would be? >> its not just the queen underestimated, everybody underestimated. >> the next day, two and a half billion people watch on tv and on the streets of london as dianas coffin is carried to westminster abbey for her funeral. her young sons walking solemnly behind. >> inside the abbey, charles spencer gives a surprising eulogy that is critical of the ryal family. >> diana was the very essence of compassion, of duty, of style, of...

She was an exceptional and gifted human being. >> do you think that the queen perhaps underestimated or didnt realize right away what an enormous outpouring of grief there would be? >> its not just the queen underestimated it. everybody underestimated it. >> the next day, 2.5 billion people watch on tv and on the streets of london as dianas coffin is carried to westminster abbey for her funeral. her young sons walking solemnly behind. inside the abbey, charles spencer gives a surprising eulogy t...