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Watch Gene Simmons’ Tearful Speech at Chuck Berry’s Memorial Service

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Gene Simmons of KISS gave an impromptu eulogy at Chuck Berry‘s open-casket memorial service in St. Louis yesterday. In a seven-minute speech interrupted by moments of Simmons becoming choked-up, he described his own experience as a Israeli immigrant coming to America and seeing Chuck Berry on television. Simmons drew some stark comparisons between Berry and the performers he was…