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'Desperate Housewives' character funeral - In Pictures

Published Wednesday, Mar 14 2012, 17:58 GMT | By Daniel Sperling | 4 comments

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The first pictures from the funeral of Desperate Housewives character Mike Delfino (James Denton) have been released.

The images, taken from the ABC comedy drama's March 18 episode, show Susan (Teri Hatcher) standing beside her late husband's coffin and apparently struggling to make it through her eulogy.

All the main Desperate Housewives characters are seen at the service, while Karen's (Kathryn Joosten) husband Roy is noticeably absent and Tom (Doug Savant) is shown sitting with his girlfriend Jane (Andrea Parker) - likely fuelling their feud with Lynette (Felicity Huffman).

The snapshots also reveal that Renee (Vanessa Williams) will sing at the funeral and the Wisteria Lane men will serve as pallbearers.

Mike was killed off in last Sunday's (March 11) episode of Desperate Housewives, getting shot by Ben's (Charles Mesure) loan shark.

Hatcher admitted afterwards that she thought Mike's death was "a bad idea".

Desperate Housewives continues Sundays at 9/8c on ABC.