Willesee's coffin was carried into St Mary's Cathedral covered in hundreds of yellow roses.
"There has not been anyone like him since, a sharp intellect and a great instinct for a story," said former Nine and Seven boss David Leckie outside the cathedral.TV presenter Richard Wilkins arrives at the funeral mass for Mike Willesee at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney on Friday.It was a roll call of some of Australia's most familiar faces from the medium Willesee had dominated for half a century.
Indeed, it was a funeral fitting for a devoutly Catholic man who returned to the church after a plane crash in Nairobi, Kenya, while he was "chasing a story". Willesee prayed to God to spare the lives of his colleagues in return for his unerring devotion. Willesee's coffin was covered in yellow roses and placed next to a photo portrait of the famed journalist.Signs of Christ
which investigated the miracle of stigmata which Willesee was unable to disprove. It was seen by millions around the world.Willesee himself acknowledged he was an imperfect Christian, but he dedicated a large part of his life, both publicly and privately, seeking to validate his faith.
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