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Hollywood Pays Tribute To One Of Its Greatest
Los Angeles, June 18: Screen legend Gregory Peck has been remembered at a public service in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, June 18: Screen legend Gregory Peck has been remembered at a public service in Los Angeles.
He made more than 50 films in a career spanning six decades, winning an Oscar for his role as lawyer Atticus Finch in the 1962 movie, "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Fellow actors joined a memorial service in Los Angeles to pay tribute to screen legend Gregory Peck who died last week at 87 years old. Singer Harry Belafonte remembered the actor who's compelling roles turned him into a symbol of moral courage, strength and masculinity. Harry Belafonte said, "He was a man whose intelligence and whose point of view I deeply respected." The hour-long ceremony included an eulogy from actor Brock Peters, who played Tom Robinson, the unjustly accused black man defended by Peck in, 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
Peters recalled being phoned by Peck early one Sunday morning to welcome him to the cast of the movie. The two had never met, and it was a gesture that Peters said he always remembered fondly.
"Because Eldred Gregory Peck wanted us to be enlightened and entertained, I believe his legacy tells us this: the legend of his humanity is a guide for greatness." Peck's four children also spoke during the service. Earlier in the day, the actor's remains were laid to rest during a private burial.
The actor died peacefully at his Los Angeles home last Thursday with his French-born wife of 48 years at his side.
Bureau Report
Fellow actors joined a memorial service in Los Angeles to pay tribute to screen legend Gregory Peck who died last week at 87 years old. Singer Harry Belafonte remembered the actor who's compelling roles turned him into a symbol of moral courage, strength and masculinity. Harry Belafonte said, "He was a man whose intelligence and whose point of view I deeply respected." The hour-long ceremony included an eulogy from actor Brock Peters, who played Tom Robinson, the unjustly accused black man defended by Peck in, 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
Peters recalled being phoned by Peck early one Sunday morning to welcome him to the cast of the movie. The two had never met, and it was a gesture that Peters said he always remembered fondly.
"Because Eldred Gregory Peck wanted us to be enlightened and entertained, I believe his legacy tells us this: the legend of his humanity is a guide for greatness." Peck's four children also spoke during the service. Earlier in the day, the actor's remains were laid to rest during a private burial.
The actor died peacefully at his Los Angeles home last Thursday with his French-born wife of 48 years at his side.
Bureau Report