THE LAST WHITES; Soul singer Barry's ashes scattered on the waves.
Byline: ANTHONY HARWOOD US Editor in New YorkBARRY White took a final journey yesterday - to have his ashes scattered at sea.
The soul legend's ex-wife Glodean James sprinkled his remains off the coast of California after a moving service on board the boat.
Singer Michael Jackson, White's godson, was among the 40 friends and relatives who gathered for the funeral.
Eight of them were Barry's children. During the 90-minute service, three-miles off Santa Monica, mourners linked arms in prayer for the star nicknamed the Walrus of Love.
One onlooker said: "It was a very moving service. People were crying. In many ways it was a bizarre sight.
"There were women tottering around in high heels, Glodean with six-inch-long gold fingernails and Michael Jackson looking like he was in a circus with a guard holding a silver umbrella over his head."
Notable absentees were Barry's partner Katherine Denton and their five-week-old daughter, Barriana.
A battle over the singer's fortune looms after one of his daughters questioned whether Barriana was his child and demanded DNA tests.
Barry died this month of kidney failure. He was 58.
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GODSON: Michael Jackson; GOODBYE: Friends and relatives of Barry White, below left, watch yesterday as ex-wife Glodean James scatters his ashes into the sea
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| Publication: | The Mirror (London, England) |
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| Date: | Jul 15, 2003 |
| Words: | 211 |
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