billy crystal speech at ali funeral. One of Crystal’s last remarks brings the crowd to its feet: “[He] taught us that life is best when you build bridges between people and not walls.” “We’re at the halfway point,” Billy Crystal quips when he takes the dais. “I was clean shaven when this started.”

Great and articulate .. Speechless.

What a fantastic, honorable, wonderful piece of writing that was, Mr. Crystal, and an excellent way to both tell us and show us how the man made your life better.