The chapel was already heavy with silence long before Willie Nelson was wheeled to the front. The iconic country legend, frail from age and illness, was assisted gently by two aides as the gathered mourners looked on in reverence. His presence alone was enough to still the room—but when his beloved guitar, Trigger, was placed across his lap, the silence transformed into something far deeper: anticipation mixed with grief. Everyone knew what was about to happen would become part of history.

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