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Adam Levine to pay for Christina Grimmie's funeral

Adam Levine, who served as a coach for late singer Christina Grimmie on "The Voice," is stepping up to help her family.

Grimmie's brother, Marcus, wrote on Facebook that Levine has offered to pay for his sister's funeral.

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Marcus said, "I found out this morning, that Adam Levine personally called my mother and said he will pay for the funeral and her plane flight, and I was blown away. Now a friend just told me to look at the gofundme page and I see it is at 100k. Words cannot express...literally I have no words."

Christina was shot to death after giving a concert in Orlando on Friday night; she died early Saturday.

Police have identified the man who killed Christina as Kevin James Loibl, 27.

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