Это не похороны, а панихида, причем сильно позже смерти:

...His teammates avoided his funeral in order to give Chapman's family some privacy. They sent only a Python foot wreath with the message ‘To Graham from the other Pythons. Stop us if we're getting too silly.' In January 1990 they organized a memorial service at St Bartholomew's Hospital Great Hall where Cleese's eulogy to his long time friend began, "Graham Chapman, co-author of the 'Parrot Sketch,' is no more. He has ceased to be, bereft of life, he rests in peace, he has kicked the bucket, hopped the twig, bit the dust, snuffed it, breathed his last, and gone to meet the Great Head of Light Entertainment in the sky."

отсюда: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8108

Великие, да.