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August 9, 2023

Community Members, Loved Ones of Murdered Dancer O'Shae Sibley Pay Tribute at Philly Funeral
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In Philadelphia, the slain dancer and choreographer O'Shae Sibley was
laid to rest Tuesday. A suspect has been charged with murder as a hate
crime; he shouted racist and homophobic slurs at Sibley and his friends
while they were dancing at a Brooklyn gas station last month. Sibley's
loved ones paid tribute to the 28-year-old dancer at his funeral service
held at Philadelphia's Met Opera House.

Otis Pena: "O'Shae had the power to touch everyone's heart, whoever met
him. O'Shae was a beacon of light for a lot of us in our community, that
was engulfed in darkness. But O'Shae - O'Shae rejoiced. O'Shae was
O'Shae."



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