‘Downton Abbey’ Star Michelle Dockery Mourns Death Of Her Fiance

Michelle Dockery, who plays Lady Mary on the PBS series Downton Abbey, paid an emotional tribute to her fiance John Dineen during a private funeral service in his native Ireland.

Dineen, 34, passed away Sunday after battling a rare form of cancer.

Dockery sang "The Folks Who Live on the Hill", a song written in 1937 by Oscar Hammerstein II which she used to sing to Dineen.

"Whether in his work or his personal life John was extremely loyal," she said at the service. "It was clear that when John was in your corner he was there. I was honored to know John. To love him and be loved by him. He was my friend, my king, my hero, my everything. We celebrate him, we honor him and we will miss him."

The funeral took place one day before what would have been Dineen's 35th birthday, and one day after Dockery's 34th.

Source: Eonline.com