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'Life and soul of any room he was in': Stone Roses' Ian Brown pays tribute to Mani at funeral (two BBC articles)
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cvgk8rdy71ntStone Roses' Mani's star-studded Manchester send-off
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr5zj532002o
The Stone Roses singer Brown led the tributes with a eulogy, saying his bandmate was like "a brother to me" and a "beautiful human being".
Pausing briefly as he went into church, Brown said he was there to celebrate "what a beautiful human being that he was".
Asked what Mounfield meant to him, the singer said: "Everything. He's a brother to me, a musical comrade... a beautiful soul and spirit."
He added that the bass player "was able to laugh his way through any darkness" and was "the life and soul of any room he was in".
Pausing briefly as he went into church, Brown said he was there to celebrate "what a beautiful human being that he was".
Asked what Mounfield meant to him, the singer said: "Everything. He's a brother to me, a musical comrade... a beautiful soul and spirit."
He added that the bass player "was able to laugh his way through any darkness" and was "the life and soul of any room he was in".