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Thousands Mourn Lena Horne in N.Y.C.

Last Updated 1:23 p.m. ET

Thousands of mourners are bidding a final farewell to jazz singer and actress Lena Horne in New York City.

She was remembered at her funeral Friday as a shy girl from Brooklyn who broke through decades of racism to emerge as a bold world-class entertainer and social leader. Horne died Sunday at age 92.

Remembering Lena Horne

Mourners at St. Ignatius Loyola on Park Avenue included her granddaughter, actress Jenny Lumet, former Mayor David Dinkins, and performers Chita Rivera, Leslie Uggams, Dianne Carroll and Dionne Warwick.

Horne "was so many ideas existing all at the same time in the same space and they were all conflicting and they were all true," Lumet said. "I've tried to sum her up and I can't sum her up; summing up really means it's over, and I think that she's not over and that she's quite infinite."

Broadway star Audra McDonald stood over the casket and sang "Amazing Grace."

Horne's seductive voice dazzled the world for decades with tunes like "My Blue Heaven" and "Stormy Weather."

She was among a handful of black actors to have a contract with a major Hollywood studio in the 1940s.

"She was a trailblazer, she was a game-changer, and she changed the culture of this country," said New York Governor David Paterson.

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