Hitchens reads "God is Not Great" and "Hitch-22" for the audiobooks, if you kinda just miss the guy. I found it kinda pleasant to have in my ear, like an old friend.

It's hard to believe that he's been gone for nearly five years now.... :( An amazing man who, even today, continues to draw the attention that many still living cannot.

Peter's few simple words are somehow worth all of the others combined.

He lives and we all and our children will ensure he does; warts and all. A wonderful man and the best essayist I have read. He even troubled to write me a letter of advice on a piece I had written: he needn't have but did. Gracious and kind. A great man. A model Briton, if I may say so. RIP C.E.H. Unforgotten; unforgettable. Thank you.

Peter trying to get out his passage without crying is pretty difficult to watch

Christopher Hitchens. You were a great man and an inspiration. I only wish I had known of you sooner. One of the greatest orators of our time and the void created by your passing will be felt by all for years to come. Rest In Peace Hitch

Still miss Christopher Hitchens. One if the best minds of our generation.

Peter's words surpassed those of all others.

What a remarkable deal we all got. Without leaving our seat we listen, eagerly and with awe to Hitch combining his enormous intellect, incisive mind and voluminous knowledge of writing, history, literature and humanity in the mind and body of a decent, kind and beautiful humanitarian. We have lost a great mind and champion of what is right and good. For me he has lit a fire that I am learning to control and utilise constructively. I know I will never reach his enormous brilliance (won't come even close) but I can always ask myself, 'what would Hitch think about this'? 'How might he have expressed this"? I can review his massive volumes of work and review his debates and speeches and still know he is alive an enriching a new audience. Thankyou Hitch - wish I had met you or even heard you speak in person.

I’m adding timestamps 1:10 Graydon Carter 3:40 James Fenton 5:10 Lawrence Krauss 12:00 Victor Navasky 15:37 Ben Shwarzch 18:21 Max Macusis

Can't believe Kissinger and Clinton weren't given an opportunity to share their reminiscences.

The HITCH really got around. He traveled where few would dare to go for the inside scoop at the core of the controversial issues. He was a kind man trying to give us fair warning about ignorance with power. "The sleep of reason brings on monsters".His memory for detail still amazes me and his home looked like a library. I will save this and watch it again. Long live his fame !!

His voice would be so influential with the current atrocities of this earth, he will be sorely missed and greatly remembered.

Gosh I was so young when I first heard of Hitchens - this guy is one of the persons who really made an impact on my view of the world and my own existance. Well I would say he changed my life and I miss him - I really miss him - the world lost a bit of its beauty on the day christopher died. I was never a believer but I was always searching for something magical and beautiful - the world and reality was not enough for me. Hitchens opened my eyes for the beauty and the wonders of our existance.

Martin Amis, kudos sir.. that was a beautiful eulogy!

Lots of times I felt "Hitch hiked" while listening to him and I liked it !!!

Wonderful, thanks for putting this up.

This was simply beautiful and very revealing. What a great man.

Never, unfortunately met the man. I love watching and listening to him. I cried when I listened to his wife, Carol. These speakers were very strong.

This was fantastic to be able to watch, especially the eulogy by Martin Amis. I tell you, I love this man more, and more as time goes on.

I found him at 60 now Il have to wisely listen. Immortality in print.

Thank you for uploading this. It's much appreciated.

A great man. Wonderfully articulate and interesting. And brave. Huge loss. The Hitch and Amis go so well together.

Thank you for uploading this

Great man, Great presence, Great loss,

Really did not expect to find Sean Penn in there.

Many Thanks for this :-)

I've yet to make it through the rest of the video, but for now I'll comment that Lawrence's bit is beautiful beyond any words I can find to describe it.

One of the few mesmerising , charismatic and most of all , honest personalities that ever walked the planet ! My only solace from living in this cruel world is to watch all of his videos on you tube !

"In my opinion, the finest orator I've ever heard" - Richard Dawkins

I was searching for this for soo long....

Oh Fry, I love you. One of the few people even comparable to the intellect of Christopher Hitchens.

The brain power in that room is off the charts,............but the loss of one of the best examples of such in the last 25 years is tragic. Mr. Hitchens called them as he saw them ,...............with explanations that included the full bore of the English language and the agile mind of a master orator. His debates are some of the best ever......just unstoppable, quick wit and photographic recall of events and quotes. My condolences to the Hitchens family, both immediate and extended.

lawrence krauss nearly brought me to tears and i can definitely see why christopher counted him among his friends.

I miss this man...

It's simply called admiration and love for a fellow human being who had more love in one fingertip for humanity than most of us have in our entire body.

A brilliant and eloquent man, a bit of a curmudgeon, sadly missed. Thanks for the upload of this tribute.

Man, that was great. So many good speakers! I particularly got a bit of Hitch-vibe when Sean Penn read.

I'm deeply happy to know his memorial was very much elegant and funny. He without any doubt in my mind deserved it. I will miss your hitchslaps Hitchens

Oh OK ..Thanks for your prompt response..That's a relief ..its just Richard that thinks this way . Once again thanks for your time in answering my Question.

The words this great man spoke set me free of a great great weight given to me by many various indoctrinous walls. Be it sexuality, religion, thought or immortality he dismantled those last barriers I couldn't dampen down to pass over and live freely and fully on my own. none of my peers could even begin to understand these demons so loneliness naturally occurs and then disspare and mania.....he saved my mind. The one and only Hitch Thankyou.

Peter Hitchens was the best speaker at his brother's memorial and overall it was all very nice.

Hitch has an asteroid? Cool B:)

I often think of Peter Hitchens recitement of that verse. Very moving

wow even howard stern made it @ 0:53

The Hitch was amazing .A maverick and wordsmith. He was the Neil Young of his proffesion like Young his ricochet style will be sorely missed

Christopher Hitchens. Thank goodness there is KZfaq. Science. Reason.

Yes, "may you all thrive".

There is no God. Otherwise life of such gentle soul Christopher Hitchens will be spared. Christopher once said, Religion poison everything. Often I think religious freaks wished him be dead. And I'm very sad that he is not with us anymore. And I hope Christopher left his legacy behind. Those anybody knows, who continue Christopher Hitchens legacy. Who good at educating or debating like Christopher Hitchens were?

The much wider perspective of all life, and human life offered by science in modern times brings a humility, a reduction in egoistic self importance which helps me fear death a little less.

It's been SEVEN YEARS ALREADY??? Somehow I feel like he was here, with us, only a month ago.

I really enjoyed Francis Collins'. He's a brilliant scientist, and for someone as much interested in the intellectual process at Hitch was, it was fitting to have someone who disagreed with him give nevertheless a fitting tribute.

I completely concur. It was beautiful in every sense. I love his last statement;" I hope he was surprised by the answer. I hope to hear him tell about it someday. He will tell it really well." As it implies that Hitchen's mastery of rhetorics and metaphor, can make even the most evil, vile, disgusting and dictatorial idea seem wonderful, extraordinary and complimentary. His intellect and fighting for free-inquiry will surely be missed.

Couldn't have said it better. Well said indeed.

Martin was absolutely brilliant here...

What a wonderful sendoff. Other then the patrons dressed in dreary black and white suits, it was wonderful. Not a tribute full of mushy and overly emotional and boring speeches. But a cheerful and charming sendoff with wit and light laughter which is exactly how he would have wanted it. Very nice to watch.

Love the Steven Fry bit.

Me too. He is irreplaceable.

I miss you so much hitch...

the poem was amazing

Hitchens and Fry, my homies. I would give so much to be a fly on the wall when they had their disagreements. Don't know why, but I would find that quite intriguing. Miss you Hitchs

I love him ok?

Sir Hitchen's miss you from your home in England 😞😢

THERE IS ALOT OF NOTHING COMING OUR WAY.

My feelings exactly, its been a year for me. Remember 13th of April - Christopher Hitchens Day.

Your very welcome ...I hope you found the photos ...if not let me know ...Take care .....and allow Christopher to turn your tears into joy!

@1:10:41 - Mr. Fry, well done sir, well done! LOL

the hubris folly of mankind to be so assured that God exists and, he doesn't exist...

No need to insult anyone. Being a Hollywood star doesn't make one less deserving of Hitchens' knowledge and passion

Stephen Fry, as usual, makes the best comments of all, and in a very distinguished group, too. I especially enjoyed when they debated together against the proposition that the Catholic Church was a force for good.

I too am just getting to know The Hitch thru YT, tho' i've admired his writing for years. I've also found myself tearing up at footage of him meeting & speaking with his fans when he was sick, of remembrances by colleagues/ friends & at this memorial. I can't help but love him, marvel at his uniqueness & grieve his loss (& my b-day's Apr.14, 1 day after his!) While all speakers at this VF memorial are engaging, his son Alexander's reading has the very impact he'd envisioned (1:28:08).

Stephen Fry!

A man amongst men.

That Philip Larkin speech nearly made me cry.

I feel sorry for you. Hitchens should be and will be remembered as one of the great wits and thinkers of our time.

I wish they hadn't cut out his piano piece. It was really beautiful.

I wonder if he knew what an impact he would leave on everyone who has a brain to think with? I think few in history have touched as many, unless they did it in a cruel and terrible way. Not so our Hitch, he makes us think and wants us to see the truth, challenges us to do the right thing and abhors inaction. Since there is no god, all the credit for who and what Hitch was goes to himself and we can all be grateful he was ours once. Missed now and never to be replaced.

I'm afraid I have to agree with that, only in the context of his refusing to let go of his idea that the second invasion of Iraq was justified and worthwhile, regardless of whether there were any weapons of mass destruction. 100,000 dead Iraqis (most of them civilians and conscripted young men with little training) would disagree with his assessment.

If everbody thought like Chistopher Hitchens, the world would be a better place...

What did Francis Collins play on the piano?

What does it say about the greatness of a man when the worlds top scientists, poets and writers speak for hours at his funeral?

Who could be more agreeable?

And back, my dear.

I fell in love with Hitch about 9 months ago... soon after I found out he was dead. At first it was sad but it did not bother me too horribly much... since then I have read his books... and every single day I watch at least one lecture or debate by him. Now I often cry and wonder "Now what?" I often see things on the news and think "I wonder what Hitch would say about this." I miss him every day and my biggest regret was not knowing about him sooner because it is too late to have met him.

I think so. I believe it's Carol Blue speaking at 1:31:27, just after Peter Hitchens. I've never seen her before, despite watching hours of Hitchens-related videos and reading endless articles and books he has written.

Does anyone know whose quote it was about "persuading words to become poetry, not bully them"? I remember hearing it here, and it would be great not to have to watch the full 100 minutes again...

Salman you little beauty.........

His name makes sense now.

There was nothing wrong with Hitchens sense or pride of his superior intellect backed by a lifetime of first hand personal experiences. I thoroughly enjoy all his debate reruns because of his lopsided way overqualified gift for gab mixed with intelligent humor. I would love to have been able to shake his hand and thank him for assuming I also have some intelligence.

Hitchens meant a lot to Howard Stern ... 0:52

We miss Hitch.

I only said they are also tools for determining thing... different things. Some like Philosophy cannot reveal truths, only values. But the scientific method is a self-correcting, methodical approach to determining the nature of reality, and proving it by repeatability and universal corroboration. Your belief, based on words in a book, cannot be tested, proven, repeated, etc. Uh... that's why you theists must rely on blind faith instead of evidence... because there is no evidence for it.

What can be more agreeable?

Wow... this was on 420

8:55 lol. It's always nice to here Martin and Lawrence speak. I wonder where Dawkins was.

That's how I heard it, yeah.

Why would you be afraid? If you are certain of your faith then you stand firm in what you believe unless there is doubt.

Science is the study of reality. So if the existence of God is not a "question for science," then you've basically admitted that God has nothing to do with reality... meaning he doesn't exist. Makes perfect sense to me.

You need to reflect, then ... It was such a meaningful sentiement

Please. "They" did not read this passage at the memorial, Hitchens' brother, a confessional Christian who has debated Christopher a number of times on their respective beliefs, read it, for what complex set of reasons is hard to evaluate. He said it was because Hitchens himself had read it at their father's funeral; but I suspect it was in part a last word that his brother could not respond to, and I find it hard to completely respect on that score. Don't read into things -- not appropriate.