On September 1, Hollywood dimmed its lights as news broke that Graham Greene — the magnetic Canadian actor whose quiet intensity lit up films from Dances with Wolves to The Green Mile — had passed away.
Among the mourners was country icon Reba McEntire, hand in hand with her longtime companion Rex Linn. The couple slipped quietly into the service, not as celebrities, but as two grieving friends carrying memories few others knew.
For years, Greene had been part of their circle — a man who carried humor as naturally as gravitas. Reba, known for her fiery stage presence, shared how Greene’s counsel often helped her through storms the public never saw. Rex Linn, who shared screen time with Greene in television projects, revealed that the actor once confided he felt most alive not under the glare of Hollywood, but in the stillness of nature, fishing or walking the woods back home.
At the service, the couple spoke softly of those secrets — not scandal, but the hidden gentleness of a man who spent a career portraying strength and struggle. Greene, they reminded those gathered, wasn’t just a face on screen. He was a storyteller who carried the old ways, the quiet humor, and the strength of a people into every role he played.
And so, as Reba placed a single white rose near the casket and Rex bowed his head, the farewell was less about loss than about gratitude. Graham Greene’s voice may have stilled, but his spirit — and the truths he carried between friends — lingers far beyond the screen.
