Commentary for Berakhot 37:18

נושאי המטה וחלופיהן: ת"ר אין מוציאין את המת סמוך לק"ש ואם התחילו אין מפסיקין איני והא רב יוסף אפקוהו סמוך לק"ש אדם חשוב שאני:

The bearers of the bier and they who relieve them. Our Rabbis have taught : We should not carry out a body [for burial] near the time of reading the Shema' ; but if they have commenced to do so, we should not stop them. But it is not so ' For lo, Rab Joseph was borne out near the time of reading the Shema' ! With a highly esteemed man it is different

Abraham Cohen Footnotes to the English Translation of Masechet Berakhot