'I believe Roger suffered quite a bit':

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[h=2]'I believe Roger suffered quite a bit': Ailes' coffin is draped in an American flag as he is eulogized at intimate funeral attended by Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and Ethel Kennedy[/h]

Former Fox News boss Roger Ailes (inset) was eulogized in the town of Palm Beach at St. Edward Roman Catholic church this morning in a service heavy with references to suffering. The references were made in reference to Ailes' firing from the network he founded last year after fired FNC anchorwoman Gretchen Carlson accused him of sexual harassment followed by other women coming forward with similar accusations. The media guru and political strategist died on Thursday in Palm Beach, Florida aged 77. A half dozen floral arrangements were set near the coffin, including one from Ailes friend and former employee Sean Hannity (right). The ceremony was kept secret by Ailes family members and was attended by fewer than 100 family and friends, including Hannity, Rush Limbaugh (bottom left) and Ethel Kennedy (top left).

 

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[h=1]'I believe Roger suffered quite a bit': Ailes' coffin is draped in an American flag as he is eulogized at intimate funeral attended by friends Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and Ethel Kennedy[/h]

• Roger Ailes' funeral took place at St Edward Roman Catholic church in Palm Beach on Saturday morning
• His close friends Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity both attended, along with Ethel Kennedy
• Hannity also sent flowers and read a responsorial psalm during the funeral and called him an American patriot
• The officiant said he was asked by Ailes wife to do some readings in the theme of suffering for the eulogy
• Ailes died on Thursday at the age of 77 at his home in Palm Beach after several days in the hospital

 

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Former Fox News boss Roger Ailes was eulogized in the town of Palm Beach at St. Edward Roman Catholic church Saturday morning in a service heavy with references to suffering.



'Beth (Ailes wife, Elizabeth) came to me Friday and asked that I officiate,' St. Edward Monsignor Thomas J. Klinzing told DailyMail.com. 'She asked me to base some of my reading on the theme of suffering. I believe Roger suffered quite a bit with those accusations.'



Klingzing was referring to Ailes' firing from the network he founded last year after fired FNC anchorwoman Gretchen Carlson accused him of sexual harassment followed by other women coming forward with similar accusations.

 

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Roger Ailes was remembered as an 'American' patriot during his intimate funeral on Saturday morning attended by no more than 100 people

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Outside of Roger Ailes funeral at St. Edward Roman Catholic Church in Palm Beach, Florida

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Roger Ailes' family was escorted into the funeral on Saturday. His wife asked that the officiant to base some of his reading on the theme of suffering

Ailes' coffin was carried out at 11am to the altar of the 90-year-old church, famously President John F. Kennedy's Winter White House church, as five members of the Palm Beach Police Department presented the colors.
The ceremony was kept secret by Ailes family members and was attended by fewer than 100 family and friends, and took place with heavy security under the watch of three private security guards.
The media guru and political strategist died on Thursday in Palm Beach, Florida aged 77.

 

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A half dozen floral arrangements were set near the coffin, including one from Ailes friend and former employee Sean Hannity.
President Donald Trump, who consulted with Ailes then had a falling out with him after Megyn Kelly was accused of going after Trump during a primary debate, did not send flowers, Klinzing said.

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Elizabeth Tilson, wife of Roger Ailes, architect of conservative TV, and his son walk out of Ailes' funeral holding hands after it ended

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Zachary Ailes is comforted by his mother, Elizabeth Tilson (widow of Roger Ailes) as he weeps following his father's funeral

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Ailes' coffin was carried out at 11am to the altar of the 90-year-old church, famously President John F. Kennedy's Winter White House church, as five members of the Palm Beach Police Department presented the colors

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Family and friends of Roger Ailes, architect of conservative TV, arrive at his funeral at St. Edward Roman Catholic Church in Palm Beach, Fla

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Ethel Kennedy, pictured center holding hands with a family member, walks out of Roger Ailes' funeral on Saturday morning. Douglas Kennedy, a nephew of JFK who works at Fox News, read from Letters of Paul to the Romans, a passage about how nothing can separate a believer from the love of God

An organ player upstairs and a cantor provided the music as Klinzing read from St. John, St. Paul and Revelations.
'Roger was a member of this church,' Klinzing said. 'Ever since hhe moved to Palm Beach in September, he came with Beth every Sunday.
'He was always in a wheelchair but he left it outside. He was a very proud man.'
Klinzing said Ailes was a Presbyterian but converted to Catholicism when he married Beth in 1998.
'He was quite sickly,' Klinzing said.

 

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Sean Hannity attended the funeral (center), he told DailyMail.com: 'He saw things in people that no one else would see. He is an American patriot of the highest level'

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The service took place under heavy security under the watch of three private security guards

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Rush Limbaugh, pictured, arrived at the funeral Saturday morning. Limbaugh and his wife Kathryn were in the front row

Rush Limbaugh and his wife Kathryn were in the front row. Douglas Kennedy, a nephew of JFK who works at Fox News, read from Letters of Paul to the Romans, a passage about how nothing can separate a believer from the love of God.
Sean Hannity read a responsorial psalm.
'I wouldn't be what I am today without Roger,' Hannity told DailyMail.com exclusively after the funeral. 'He took me as a local radio host in Atlanta and gave me the opportunity of a lifetime.
'He saw things in people that no one else would see. He is an American patriot of the highest level.'

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Sean Hannity, a close friend of Ailes and one of his former employees, sent the family flowers for the funeral

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Hannity read a responsorial psalm at the funeral. 'I wouldn't be what I am today without Roger,' Hannity told DailyMail.com exclusively. 'He took me as a local radio host in Atlanta and gave me the opportunity of a lifetime'

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Ailes' mahogany coffin was draped in the American flag when it was wheeled into and out of the church

Indeed, Ailes' mahogany coffin was draped in the American flag when it was wheeled into and out of the church.
'He was an American original,' Limbaugh said, adding that he and Ailes hung out socially in Palm Beach. Fox reporter Kennedy attended with his 89-year-old mother Ethel, the widow of RFK.
'My family used to ask why I would work in a place where everybody wants to kill me,' Kennedy said. 'But Roger, who brought me to Fox, had such a big heart and the ability to connect with everybody.'