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This list of notable funerals represents considerable historical funerals, based on both the number of attendants and estimated television audience. The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales holds record as the most watched funeral ever.

Funeral
Date and place
Attendants
TV audience
Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales
September 6, 1997, London and Althorp, United Kingdom
2,000
2,5 billion
Michael Jackson memorial service
July 7, 2009, Los Angeles, United States
17,500
1 billion
Funeral of Pope John Paul II
April 8, 2005, Rome and Vatican
4,000,000
8,800,000
Funeral of C. N. Annadurai
1969
15,000,000
?
Funeral of Ayrton Senna
May 5, 1994, São Paulo, Brazil
over 3,000,000[1]
?
Funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini
June 1989 Tehran, Iran
over 12,000,000
?
Funeral of Joseph Stalin
March 9, 1953
ca. 2,000,000
?
State funeral of John F. Kennedy
November 22, 1963, Dallas, United States
550,000[1]
93%[citation needed]
Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr.
April 9, 1968, Atlanta, United States
over 200,000
?
State funeral of Ronald Reagan
June 7, 2004, Simi Valley and Washington D.C., United States
104,684
35,7 million[2]
Funeral of Elvis Presley
August 16-18, 1977, Memphis, United States
75,000
?
Funeral of Selena
April 3, 1995, Houston, United States
over 60,000
?
Funeral of Edward VII
May 20, 1910, London and Windsor, United Kingdom
Thousands
?

Notes

  1. ^ a b How service for Michael Jackson compares Las Vegas Sun
  2. ^ NY Daily News

See also

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