AP: Beverly Hills, California
Via Celebcity.com
Today, Hollywood mourned the loss of its own—in true Hollywood style. Early reports indicate that a record-shattering number of viewers tuned in across the globe to see grieving would-be bride Porsche Royce lay to rest not just her fiancé, music industry exec T. Wilson White, but also her only sister, reality celebrity Bentley Royce.
At Porsche Royce’s side throughout the Beverly Hills invitation-only (and packed to capacity) memorial service were mother Mercedes Royce and brother Maybach Royce. While overwhelming crowds gathering behind the police barricades at times threatened to shut the proceedings down entirely, the steady flow of celebrities into the chapel itself was nothing short of dazzling.
So, too, was the program; Bentley Royce’s close childhood friend (and former Teen Choice Awards Breakout Pop Star of the Year) Justa Beatbox opened the service with “Amazing Grace,” while readings and reminiscences were offered from many of Royce’s “young Hollywood” peers, including Zoey Deutch, Alden Ehrenreich and Thomas Mann, as well as multiple musicians from White’s record label. Eulogy was given by Jeff Grunburg, an executive of the Lifespan Network with whom both Royce and White were said to have close personal ties.
White’s coffin was draped with his signature black bandanna, as were the shoulders of his former fiancé. Lifespan may not have gotten the chance to broadcast the RWTR dream wedding, but even while forfeiting the allegedly multimillion-dollar live television event, the network should still come out on top; insiders predict that with exclusive rights to broadcast the memorial service, Lifespan will actually be back in black for the balance of the season.
(Disclosure: Celebcity is a fully owned subsidiary of the Lifespan Network, which is itself a fully owned subsidiary of DiosGlobale.)
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