Indiana boy, 5, melts hearts at his great-grandmother’s funeral as he belts out her favorite Celine Dion song My Heart Will Go On – which they used to sing together

• A five-year-old boy sung the Titanic theme song at great-grandmother’s funeral
• The heart-warming rendition was captured on film and went viral on TikTok
• Bentley Cunningham has been diagnosed with septo-optic dysplasia

A five-year-old boy in Indiana performed a heart-warming rendition of the Titanic theme song at his great grandmother’s funeral.

Bentley Cunningham sang ‘My Heart Will Go On’ – originally sung by Celine Dion and a favorite song of his late great grandmother – after her passing earlier this year.

Cunningham’s mother, Stormy Bonds, said that he would often sing with her grandmother, Diana Ginseng, who died in January aged 73.

‘[He] and Nana would just be sitting on the couch singing ‘My Heart Will Go On’ to each other,’ she told Fox News Digital.

Cunningham’s small size meant that as he delivered the song he could hardly be seen above the lectern in the Indianapolis church in which the funeral took place.

Bentley Cunningham (left), 5, sang the song at the funeral of his great-grandmother Diana Ginseng (right), who died aged 73 in January

Cunningham, who has been diagnosed with septo-optic dysplasia, could hardy be seen above the lectern behind which he was performing 

Bonds described how even after her passing he would continue to sing the song, which is why they thought it would be fitting for him to perform it at the funeral.

‘He got up there and sang his little heart out,’ Bonds said.

‘My nana is singing this song right now, and she is such a good singer,’ Julie Bonds, Cunningham’s grandmother told Fox News Digital.

Cunningham’s performance was made all the more impressive by the fact that he has been diagnosed with septo-optic dysplasia – a condition which affects early brain and eye development.

‘His pituitary gland is not connected to the body, so he is not getting the hormones he needs to grow,’ said Bonds.

Cunningham’s condition septo-optic dysplasia stunts early brain and eye development

‘His corpus callosum is very small, leading to some developmental delays, and his optic nerves are very small, meaning he is completely blind in his right eye and has low vision in his left,’ she added.

Bonds explained that in spite of his illness he had thrived and surpassed the expectations of his doctors. 

‘They told us he wasn’t going to walk, or talk or crawl. Cunningham proved them wrong, so every little thing he did was just amazing,’ she added. 

The video of Cunningham singing was initially posted to TikTok, where it quickly went viral. 

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