10 Touching Eulogies Celebs Made for Other Stars

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Some of the most touching tributes come from those who knew the stars best. In this video, we revisit memorable moments when famous celebrities honored their friends and colleagues with heartfelt eulogies. From tearful reminiscences to laughter-filled stories, these tributes reveal the deep bonds behind the glitz and glamour. Get ready to be moved by the genuine emotions shared in these unforgettable celebrity memorials.

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00:00It's very hard to talk about him in the past because he was so present in all of our lives.

00:07Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're sharing some of the heartbreaking times when celebrities

00:13memorialized famous friends and colleagues after they passed away.

00:20It's like, oh, come on, don't do this.

00:24Whoopi Goldberg for Patrick Swayze.

00:26But he'd never thought of himself as someone who was dying because, as he said to another

00:33good friend of mine, he said, you know, we're all dying.

00:37In 2009, the magnetic star of Dirty Dancing and Ghost passed away not long after being

00:43diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

00:45His friend and former co-star Whoopi Goldberg paid tribute to him on The View.

00:50He just was a cat that never gave up.

00:54And I, and I, I'm, if you can do it, it's the way to do it.

01:00Not everybody can.

01:02No, but I would like to be able to be that.

01:04I would like to have that brain.

01:05She credits his fortitude in the face of a devastating illness as an inspiration to her.

01:11Although her fellow panelists had their share to say about him, Goldberg's closeness to Swayze

01:16is so clearly evident as she closes out the segment with tears in her eyes and a quiver

01:21in her voice.

01:22Because of Patrick Swayze, I got that movie Ghost.

01:26And because of Patrick Swayze, I have an Oscar.

01:30And there you are.

01:34David Letterman for Johnny Carson.

01:36When the former king of late night died in 2005, one of his many spiritual successors,

01:43late show host David Letterman, had a special surprise for his audience.

01:47He dedicated his January 31st episode exclusively to paying tribute to Johnny Carson.

01:53At the end of the day, the guy you wanted there was Johnny Carson.

01:58What a tremendous luxury, if you think about it, to be tucked in at night by Johnny Carson.

02:04He opened with the standard monologue, hilarious and sharp as ever.

02:09But then, he revealed that the former Tonight Show host had sent him these jokes in his last

02:13few months.

02:14Every one of those jokes I did a few minutes ago were written for us over the last couple

02:19of months by Johnny Carson.

02:21And tremendous, tremendous actor friendship.

02:24It was like Carson himself had come back for just a moment to test out some new material.

02:28One thing that people today still ask me about, and they think it was unbelievably funny, and

02:34they can't get over it, and they always, did that actually happen, and what was the deal

02:38on that?

02:39And the interesting thing about this, it had nothing to do with me.

02:42It was all Johnny.

02:44He closes out the tribute with a musical performance led by Carson's former music director, Doc

02:49Severinsen.

02:50Tom Hanks for Michael Clarke Duncan.

02:53Retelling a story his Green Mile co-star told him about his tough childhood, Hanks used his

02:58eulogy for Michael Clarke Duncan as a chance to celebrate the late actor's sense of humor.

03:04Duncan told Hanks how his mother forbade him from joining a gang in his youth.

03:08You the gang?

03:09That's what I'm gonna get off!

03:11Oh, shit!

03:12Fuck!

03:13She came down with this frying pan across his head, and I'm guessing pork chop went flying

03:17all over the place.

03:18The place sounded more like a comedy club than a memorial service, as he recounted Duncan's

03:23story and how his mother reacted.

03:26And he goes, okay, mama, cut it out of my hand.

03:28Now you go tell your friends you ain't in that gang.

03:30The story isn't just funny, but it's also the perfect demonstration of what everyone

03:34had to say about Duncan.

03:36Despite his size, he was also the sweetest person.

03:40My mama says I can't be in your gang.

03:42John Cleese for Graham Chapman.

03:44As one-sixth of the groundbreaking comedy team Monty Python, Graham Chapman's lateness

03:50already saw him jokingly referred to as the late Graham Chapman.

03:54Like his castmates, he was a fan of the irreverent.

03:57So John Cleese's eulogy for him was a perfect showcase for their shared humor.

04:02Breezed his last and gone to meet the great head of light entertainment in the sky.

04:08Instead of going for the kind of mindless good taste Chapman hated, Cleese honored him by

04:13being completely vulgar and mean-spirited in his cutting, completely irreverent remarks.

04:19Well, I feel that I should say, nonsense.

04:23Good riddance to him, the freeloading bastard I hope he's found.

04:26It's the kind of humor that can only work if you really know someone well.

04:30And that just makes it all the more special.

04:32He would never forgive me if I didn't.

04:35If I threw away this glorious opportunity to shock you all on his behalf.

04:42Oprah Winfrey for Maya Angelou.

04:44When the famed activist and poet passed away at the age of 86,

04:48her memorial service was a testament to her influence on some of the most important people

04:53of the last century.

04:54A former president, first lady, and an Oscar-nominated actress paid tribute to her.

05:00Oprah Winfrey was among the most touching speakers.

05:03Those people can't hold a candle to the light God already has shining on your face.

05:11Can't you see it?

05:13Known for her elegance and poise,

05:15Winfrey's remarks are refreshingly and movingly vulnerable.

05:19She becomes visibly tearful as she speaks about her friend and mentor's advice to her

05:23about fame and meaning.

05:25She was my anchor.

05:29So it's hard to describe to you what it means

05:33when your anchor shifts.

05:36Her final words about legacy, echoing the author's own,

05:39are the perfect testament to Angelou's words and her place in history.

05:43Your legacy is every person you ever touched.

05:48Your legacy is how you lived and what you did and what you said every day.

05:52So true, Sister Maya.

05:55John Stamos for Bob Saget.

05:58Despite his squeaky clean image as Danny Tanner on Full House,

06:01the late actor and stand-up comedian was notoriously filthy.

06:05Describing themselves as brothers,

06:07Bob Saget and John Stamos were incredibly close.

06:11I want to read my last text from Bob.

06:13It said, I love you so much.

06:14I will say that God gave me the brother that I wanted.

06:16I said, well, you have a lot of God-given brothers, but I'm first, right?

06:20Saget's sudden and tragic death took everyone by surprise.

06:24Stamos made the perfect eulogy for him,

06:27borrowing some of his trademark humor.

06:29In the speech, published in the Los Angeles Times,

06:32he runs the gamut from off-color jokes

06:34to heartbreaking realizations about losing his friend.

06:37People have even sent flowers, like I lost my wife or something.

06:41Come to think of it, when we were together,

06:42we were like an old married couple.

06:44All bickering, no sex.

06:45Comparing themselves to an old married couple,

06:48Stamos ends his eulogy by calling Saget baby.

06:52And then we all sobbed.

06:54I don't have to say goodbye because he's never leaving my heart.

06:56You are my new guardian angel,

06:58a guardian angel with the dirtiest mouth

07:00and a heart as big and benevolent as forever.

07:03I love you, baby.

07:03Will Smith and the cast of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

07:07for James Avery.

07:08When the cast of the hit sitcom gathered

07:10for a 30-year reunion in 2020,

07:13there was one noticeable absence.

07:15James Avery, the actor who played the beloved Uncle Phil,

07:19passed away in 2013.

07:21To represent, to expand, to push forward.

07:27And I learned that here at his feet.

07:31An entire segment is dedicated to the cast's memories of Avery.

07:35Clearly, he made a massive impact on his colleagues.

07:38Will Smith credits the actor with being a father figure

07:41and a mentor who pushed him to hone his craft.

07:44I am in such a unique position.

07:47And that responsibility, you must elevate your craft.

07:53You have to represent and you are paving a way.

07:56In the cast's eyes,

07:57he was the glue holding their family together on and off screen.

08:01His dedication to his art and his co-stars as people

08:04is such that just watching clips of him

08:07brings them all to tears.

08:08He knew what he was doing.

08:10There's some people that plant seeds.

08:12That's what they do.

08:13And they do it to anyone they come across.

08:17Cher for Sonny Bono.

08:18At the beginning of a 60-plus year career,

08:21Cher was actually one part of a duo

08:23that defined her early career.

08:25Sonny Bono was her husband,

08:26her manager, her mentor, and her advisor.

08:29We have a very strange relationship

08:32that no one will ever understand except us.

08:36And I don't think I even understand it a lot.

08:38I don't either.

08:39All right.

08:40Although the dissolution of their marriage

08:41was contentious due to his controlling behavior,

08:44Cher still loved him dearly.

08:46Her stories about his rascally sense of humor

08:48are genuinely hilarious

08:49and must ring true to everyone in the room,

08:52given how everyone has doubled with laughter.

08:55One of the first things that he ever told me

08:57was that he was a descendant of Napoleon.

08:59And that his father had shortened the name of Bonaparte

09:05to Bono when they came to this country.

09:07But her characteristically funny eulogy

09:09about their early relationship

09:10soon gives way to breathless,

09:13sobbing declarations of gratitude to have known him.

09:16And no matter how long I live

09:18or who I meet in my life,

09:20that person will always be son for me.

09:26Kevin Costner for Whitney Houston.

09:27The beloved singer's funeral wasn't just star-studded.

09:31It was an epic live stream event.

09:33Speaker after speaker, performer after performer

09:36paid tribute to Whitney Houston.

09:38But Kevin Costner's eulogy hit especially hard.

09:41We heard you like to sing,

09:44but our sister could really sing.

09:46Having personally postponed production

09:48on The Bodyguard so Houston could be in it,

09:51he knew her talent was worth waiting for.

09:53In the room when we found out that Whitney

09:55was going to be on tour

09:57and she wouldn't be available for our movie,

10:00the anxiety came right back

10:02when I said we should postpone and wait a year.

10:06Speaking of their shared faith,

10:07his awe at her talent,

10:09and her humanity,

10:10he paints a picture of who she was

10:12behind the voice and the stardom.

10:14Costner closes his remarks

10:15by imagining that God must be marveling at Houston,

10:18a perfect creation.

10:20Knowing that there's a lady in heaven

10:21who is making God himself wonder

10:23how he created something so perfect.

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10:41Billy Crystal for Robin Williams.

10:44He made us laugh hard every time you saw him.

10:48The famous funny man's untimely death in 2014

10:50was tragic for a lot of reasons.

10:53Everyone felt like they had lost someone

10:55very important to them.

10:56While many eulogies poured in,

10:58it was Robin Williams' old friend

11:00and comedy partner Billy Crystal

11:02who broke our hearts.

11:04Given a block during the 66th Emmy Awards,

11:06Crystal spoke of their 40-year friendship.

11:09Well, as genius as he was on stage,

11:12he was the greatest friend you could ever imagine.

11:14Supportive, protective, loving.

11:18He praised his late friend's immense comic talents

11:21while choking back tears

11:22before zooming out to the cosmos,

11:25likening Williams to a star all his own.

11:28Crystal later described it

11:29as one of the hardest things

11:30he's had to do in his life.

11:32It was one of the hardest things I've ever,

11:34if not the hardest thing I've ever had to do.

11:36Did these celebrity eulogies

11:38bring a tear to your eyes?

11:39Let us know in the comments.

11:41These were my, these.

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