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Mourners pay respects to Bob Graham at old Florida Capitol

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Former Florida governor and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham was lying in state Friday at the old state Capitol.The public farewell took place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Florida Historic Capitol Museum in Tallahassee.Military and state law enforcement honor guards helped carry Graham's casket up the steps of the old Capitol and stood by as mourners paid their respects.After the public ceremony, family members will attend a private burial in Tallahassee.G…

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Floridians pay their respect to Bob Graham, his family in Tallahassee

The former U.S. senator and Florida governor died April 16.

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Bob Graham remembered: Mourners pay their respects in Tallahassee

TALLAHASSEE — Hailed as a consummate public servant and champion of the environment, former Florida Gov. and U.S. Sen. Bob Graham lay in state Friday in the Old Capitol as about a thousand mourners paid their respects. Graham, 87, died April 16 at a retirement home in Gainesville. A military honor guard and Florida Highway Patrol officers carried Graham’s casket, draped with white flowers and greenery that evoked his commitment to the environmen…

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