At one point, towards the end of our allotted slot, he is almost in tears when talking about Alexander McQueen, whose funeral is taking place nearby.
Maurice Richard, whose funeral is scheduled for today in Montreal, was an idol in hockey - particularly in Canada, especially in the province of Quebec and, most important, to people of French descent.
The death of Mr Brown, whose funeral is to be held in Ferguson on Monday, and the subsequent protests dominated the American newscasts for days in part because of the police response to the protests that to some seemed gravely overblown.
Many people have turned up to pay their respects to Rabbi Moshe Twersky, whose funeral is currently under way.
Caxton's apprentice Wynkyn de Worde, who operated England's movable-type printing press in the churchyard, and is buried there, and it has links from Shakespeare, Milton and Dickens right up to Clement Freud, whose funeral was held there in 2009.
That was the case with the 37-year-old yeshiva student whose funeral was held today.
J. Metz Rollins, whose funeral was on Jan . 9 was a pastor in the Bronx for over 20 years.
Certainly Mrs. Edwards, who died on Tuesday at 61 and whose funeral was planned for Saturday, was keenly aware of her impact.
There is, for instance, the story about the gentleman who died but whose funeral was postponed until the tie he had ordered from Neiman Marcus arrived.
It was reported that he had also been urged to commit suicide on the social network site Ask.fm which has been linked to five other deaths including that of Hannah Smith, 14, whose funeral was held today.
