Seth Gitell, who wrote about Kelly as a Phoenix reporter, then had to deal with him as a press aide to Tom Menino, attended his wake yesterday:

... I was over at St. Brigid's yesterday. There were two lines leading into the Church. I opted for the one farther down the street, which, for whatever reason, was the one without the dignitaries. Old guys with scally caps, aging women pulling their coats tight to fend off the cold, middle-aged men with weathered faces - they all waited patiently to pay their respects to the man. ...