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News Broadway Actors Pay Tribute to Orlando Victims at Stonewall Vigil In Los Angeles Lady Gaga remembered the 49 victims who lost their lives.
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Tituss Burgess (The Little Mermaid, Guys and Dolls) and Nick Jonas (How to Succeed…, Beauty and the Beast) were among the speakers June 13 at a vigil at New York's Stonewall Inn to support the LGBT community following the June 12 mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, FL.

“I have to tell you, being here and seeing all of your faces has comforted me in a way that I did not expect coming down here,” Burgess told the hundreds of attendees, according to EW.com. The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt actor said he is often at a loss for words in such difficult times and then proceeded to deliver a heartfelt version of “Somewhere” from West Side Story.

Jonas said, “More than anything, I just want to speak from the heart and say I woke up yesterday to the news, like all of you, and my heart broke…My father, a minister from New Jersey, shaped my view that love is love, that we are all equal. That no matter who you are, or where you’re from, or where you’re going in life, you have the right to love and be loved. So yesterday, thinking about the families of the victims and the lives lost, I just thought that could be my friend. That could be my people.”

Many posted snippets of the vigil on Twitter:

Lady Gaga was also part of a Los Angeles vigil June 13. The singing actress, according to Billboard.com, read a list of the 49 victims and stated, “I can't help but feel that this level of hatred, like all prejudicial crimes, this is an attack on humanity itself…This is an attack on everyone.”

The city of Orlando posted this message on its website: “During this difficult time, we offer heartfelt condolences to the families of the 49 victims who lost their lives during the Pulse tragedy. To the families and friends of the victims, your city is with you and will continue to be with you as you deal with this unimaginable tragedy.”

The names of the victims of the largest mass shooting in American history follow:

Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old

Amanda Alvear, 25 years old

Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26 years old

Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33 years old

Antonio Davon Brown, 29 years old

Darryl Roman Burt II, 29 years old

Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28 years old

Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25 years old

Luis Daniel Conde, 39 years old

Cory James Connell, 21 years old

Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25 years old

Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32 years old

Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31 years old

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25 years old

Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26 years old

Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22 years old

Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22 years old

Paul Terrell Henry, 41 years old

Frank Hernandez, 27 years old

Miguel Angel Honorato, 30 years old

Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40 years old

Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19 years old

Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30 years old

Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25 years old

Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32 years old

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21 years old

Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49 years old

Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25 years old

Kimberly Morris, 37 years old

Akyra Monet Murray, 18 years old

Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20 years old

Geraldo A. Ortiz-Jimenez, 25 years old

Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36 years old

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32 years old

Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35 years old

Enrique L. Rios, Jr., 25 years old

Jean C. Nives Rodriguez, 27 years old

Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35 years old

Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24 years old

Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24 years old

Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34 years old

Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33 years old

Martin Benitez Torres, 33 years old

Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24 years old

Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37 years old

Luis S. Vielma, 22 years old

Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50 years old

Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37 years old

Jerald Arthur Wright, 31 years old

 
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