I don’t think she cared about the money as much as her reputation and the win for posterity’s sake.

I agree with you.

“The officer involved reported Jean as wounded. Police who responded conducted first aid before Jean was taken to Baylor University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.”

Makes me extra ok with this staycation.

Never thought of how tricky funeral planning could be until my mother died.

What a blessing this story turned out to be!

Soooooo, I read the article and comments before looking at the clip and expected Saban’s remarks to be much more brutal than what I heard.

I’m the reformed vegetarian who no longer tries to convert everyone and no longer asks for a “clean” part of the grill to warm up my veggie meat (instead I have slowly evolved into the “Hider” of all the yummy, non meat filled dishes (extra mac, deviled eggs, fruit salad, corn for me please!)...

That’s hilarious. I was off for the holiday and managed to clean — deep clean — DEEP CLEAN — Mari Kondo declutter my kitchen (found rice a roni— is that still a thing? from 2005) and make headway in my living room.

Same. I honestly don’t think it was his intention to grab and hold onto her breast (not to say that he isn’t likely a pervert, just that he was probably more into keeping her beside him on the small platform) as much as I think he was trying to KEEP her on display for all the small minded folks who spent her entire…

I dunno why I feel inclined to wade into this murky water issue but...

I dunno why I feel inclined to wade into this murky water issue but...

I dunno why I feel inclined to wade into this murky water issue but...

To expound on points 5, 8 and 9 (optics of black church strong on lecherous, decrepit male leadership and short on male soldiers in the Lord’s army in the pews; professionalism and punctiliousness of gospel artist performers; Chernobyl toxic eulogy by Rev. Jasper Williams)....

I wish he would’ve put down the phone though.

Wait, who? What did I miss? How did I miss it? I’ve cleaned my whole downstairs to this funeral production.

5:45pm CST ... Hmm, my much needed reminder that this wasn’t merely a overly long concert but a funeral.

5:25pm CST .... Stevie Wonder does beautiful job of Lord’s prayer ....#mouthHarpsMatter

5:12pm CST ... Rev. Jasper finishes eulogy.

4:32pm CST ...the Eulogy begins after Dottie Peoples crashes the funeral.