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Civil Rights Icon Rep. John Lewis Lies in State at Capitol

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   WASHINGTON - The body of the late U.S. congressman and civil rights
   icon John Lewis is lying in state again Tuesday at the Capitol in
   Washington for mourners to pay their last respects.

   Lewis died last week at the age of 80 after a yearlong battle with
   advanced-stage pancreatic cancer.

   His flag draped casket was escorted Monday to the Capitol where he
   served the people of his Georgia district for 33 years.

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