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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gospel music singer Andrae Crouch has been laid to rest in California, where he died two weeks ago at the age of 72.
Today's service at West Angeles Church of God opened with the choir singing "Bless His Holy Name," one of the many gospel classics Crouch wrote and performed in a career that spanned 50 years and earned him multiple Grammy Awards.
West Angeles Bishop Charles Blake said so many people had asked to pay tribute to Crouch that they should all just repeat after him: "My life has been blessed by Andrae Crouch. He is a gift to the body of Christ. I am one whose life has been made better because of this great gift, and I thank God for him."
Bishop Roderick Caesar, who leads churches in New York, predicted that a century from now Christians will still be singing Crouch's songs.
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