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Funeral of actress Brenda Fricker to take place in Dublin
The service will be followed by a private burial, and it will be broadcast online and on RTÉ News for fans worldwide.
- On Thursday, mourners gathered at St Catherine's Church in Dublin for the funeral of Oscar-winning Irish actress Brenda Fricker, where locals applauded as her coffin arrived in the Liberties neighborhood where she grew up.
- Fricker, who died on July 16 at age 81 in Our Lady's Hospice, enjoyed a career spanning more than six decades and became the first Irish woman to win an acting Oscar in 1990 for My Left Foot.
- Parish Priest Monsignor Eoin Thynne told the congregation Fricker "lived a life full to the brim" and wanted "no fuss," while actor Brendan Gleeson and director Jim Sheridan attended to pay respects.
- Friend Liz Duffy thanked local shopkeepers in the Liberties for their support of Fricker, who requested "no fuss." The coffin was carried out to Elvis Presley's "Jailhouse Rock" as the congregation applauded.
- Earlier this year, Dublin City Council awarded Fricker the Freedom of the City of Dublin, an honor her agent described as one she was "particularly thrilled and proud of." Her legacy endures through her screen work and memoir, She Died Young: A Life in Fragments, published last year.
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