Chris Henry’s fiancée wept as she spoke about the Cincinnati Bengals receiver at his funeral today, and she said while she may have helped steer him out of trouble, he changed her life. Henry, 26, and a native of Belle Chasse, was killed after he fell out of a pickup truck bed being driven by his fiancée Loleini Tonga during what police described as a domestic dispute. Police are investigating, but no charges have been filed. “Can’t nobody feel what I’m feeling right now. … We loved each other very much. People say I helped change his life. No. He changed mine,” said Tonga, wearing sunglasses and pausing between sentences. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Henry’s teammates were among the hundreds who packed the New Orleans Hornets’ practice facility for the funeral. The Bengals wore round lapels with Henry’s No. 15. Many others wore red ribbons with a small photo of Henry that read: “In loving memory” and “Chris ‘Slim’ Henry.”
Services held in Westwego for Bengals’ Henry
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