07/03/1993
DEATH OF SALSA STAR HECTOR LAVOE
-LIMO PULLS UP ACROSS FROM 105 EAST 106 ST, MANHATTAN, NYPD POLICE OFFICER AND FUNERAL HOME EMPLOYEES, HEARSE AT CURB, CROWDS WAIT ON SIDEWALK, FANS
-INTERVIEW WITH HIS SISTER ? IN SPANISH
-EXT OF CHURCH IN SPANISH HARLEM, ST CECILIAS
-INTERVIEW IN SPANISH WITH FANS OUTSIDE CHURCH, WAVING PUERTO RICAN FLAGS
-INTERVIEW WITH FAN IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH

INT OF THE CHURCH, FOLDING THE PUERTO RICAN FLAG
-PRIEST CONDUCTS SERVICE IN THE AISLE, SPRINKLES HOLY WATER, COVERS COFFIN AND PROCEEDS TO ALTAR, HIGH ANGLE SHOT FROM THE BALCONY, SERVICE IN SPANISH

SERVICE CONTINUES, OVERHEAD VIEW FROM BALCONY

PUERTO RICAN NEW YORKERS BLAST SALSA MUSIC OUT OF BACK OF CUTLASS WITH FLAG, DRINKING OUT OF A BROWN PAPER BAG AND DANCING IN THE STREET, PLAYING LAVOE MUSIC
-POV MOVING CAR OF CROWDS LINING STREET FOR FUNERAL, CAR BLASTING MUSIC PASSES WITH PR FLAG WAVING, CROWD CHEERS

COFFIN OF LAVOE IS CARRIED OUT OF CHURCH, CROWD CHEERS AND CLAPS, COFFIN IS COVERED WITH PUERTO RICAN FLAG, WIDOW WEARING WHITE IS HYSTERICAL AND IS CARRIED AWAY
-CROWD CLAPS AND CALLS HECTOR, HECTOR
-CROWD LEAVES CHURCH EVERYONE SINGING AND CLAPPING
-INTERVIEW IN SPANISH, IMPROMPTU GROUP SINGING AND PLAYING DRUMS

PEOPLE BLAST MUSIC FROM THE BACK OF CARS AT CEMETERY, PUERTO RICAN PARTY IN THE CEMETERY, PEOPLE SIT GRAVE SIDE

INTERVIEW WITH MOURNERS IN SPANISH, ST RAYMOND'S CEMETERY IN THE BRONX, MOURNERS WAIT UNDER TENT SET UP

SPANISH REPORTER DISCUSSES GRAVE WITHOUT GRAVESTONE

POLICE ESCORT OF THE HEARSE AND LIMOS THROUGH CEMETERY LANES AS SASLA MUSIC BLARES, MOURNERS CLAP RHYTHMICALLY AS HEARSE PASSES

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