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Memorial tributes for John McCain begin at Arizona statehouse
Phoenix — The body of John McCain, who was a prisoner of war in Vietnam and went on to become a lion of the US Senate and a two-time Republican candidate for president, was laid in state in Arizona on Wednesday. The day-long public viewing of his casket started five days of memorial tributes in Phoenix and Washington for McCain, who died on Saturday at his ranch in Cornville, Arizona, from brain cancer. He was 81. Wednesday’s observance was to open with a private ceremony inside the Rotunda of the Arizona statehouse, after which members of the public were invited to pay their respects. McCain is only the third individual so honoured in Arizona’s state capitol over the past 40 years, organisers of the ceremony said. The two others were state Senator Marilyn Jarrett in 2006 and Olympic gold medallist Jesse Owens, a Tucson resident, in 1980. A memorial service, to be attended by family, friends, political leaders and other dignitaries, is scheduled for Thursday at the North Phoenix Bap...
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