Cilla Black Funeral: Sir Cliff To Sing Tribute.

Hundreds of fans are expected to line the streets today to pay their respects to Cilla Black whose funeral will take place in Liverpool.

The entertainer's funeral mass will be held in the church where her marriage to husband Bobby Willis was blessed in 1969.

Stars including Sir Cliff Richard and Paul O'Grady will be taking part in the service. Sir Cliff will be singing a musical tribute.

Sky News understands that Sir Tom Jones is hiring a plane to fly into Liverpool from Bratislava in Slovakia to be at the funeral.

It is not yet known whether Cilla's friends, the two surviving Beatles Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, will attend, although they have been in contact with her family.

Cilla's sons will be reading the liturgy, and prayers will be read by some of the entertainer's long-time friends, including comedian Jimmy Tarbuck.


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