He wept into a Rob Roy and tossed red roses onstage.

A ferry docked at the St. George Terminal let out a long blast, and mourners, many crying and many with faces collapsed with grief, filed up to the promenade railing and tossed yellow roses into the water.

They would toss tear-stained red roses onto his coffin.

He sings, he preaches, he dances, he tosses roses to the ladies.

As the casket was lowered, 112 mourners simultaneously tossed roses into the grave.

SUSAN COHEN watched the mourners toss single roses into the sea, heard a reporter talk about "a sense of closure," and turned off her television, shuddering with sadness and disgust.

Sathie and I tossed the white gladiolus and roses we had bought into the ocean, then, following Night of Yemanja tradition, waded into the water and jumped seven waves while making seven wishes.

At the gravesite, Sergeant Popolizio's colleagues saluted him one more time, and his family tossed roses on his coffin.

He'll hold a microphone at arm's length and silence the room with his pearly tone; he'll pass a song off to his backup singers while he tosses roses to the ladies.

At the end of many shows, Mercury tossed roses and/or carnations into the audience.