Hundreds at memorial service for pianist Cliburn Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 1:11 pm, Sunday, March 3, 2013 FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — About 1,400 people are attending a memorial service in Texas for the celebrated classical pianist Van Cliburn (CLY'-burn), who died last week after battling cancer. The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra accompanied a choir as pall bearers carried Cliburn's flower-covered coffin into the Fort Worth church.