He might have won over millions of television viewers, but just a small group of mourners turned out to pay their respects to break-dancing pensioner Fred Bowers, who appeared on Britain's Got Talent.
Just over a dozen people attended the funeral of Fred, who shot to fame after amazing TV viewers with his moves in 2009.
His funeral was held on Thursday at the Wilford Hill crematorium in Nottingham.
Fred, of Sutton Bonington, near Loughborough, died in hospital aged 77 last month after being unwell for several months.
His best friend Billy Johnson, 38, of Zouch, Nottinghamshire, said: "It was a bit sad really. Here was a man who entertained millions of people, being mourned by just a few.
"I think the reason more people were not there was that the service was in Nottingham, and Fred was a Loughborough lad.
"The service was lovely and we all went back to the Rose and Crown in Zouch, which was Fred's local.
"The landlady put a few sandwiches on and we raised a glass to the old lad."
Fred, a former soldier and gardener, was already a cult figure on the dance floors of Loughborough before he made it to the semi-final of Britain's Got Talent.
