Nelsan Ellis was laid to rest in his hometown of Harvey, Illinois, on Saturday, July 22, after a star-studded public funeral service at Holy Temple Cathedral.
Celebrity Deaths in 2017: Stars We’ve Lost Viola Davis, Tika Sumpter, and Ellis’ True Blood costars Anna Paquin, Carrie Preston and Rutina Wesley were among the stars who attended the funeral in honor of the actor, who died at the age of 39 on July 8 of what his family said were complications of withdrawal from alcohol addiction. “He was like my baby,” Davis, who starred with Ellis in the films The Help and Get on Up, said during her speech at the service, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “When I saw that he was sick, I begged him to get better because I didn’t want to let him go. I still don’t want to let him go.”
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