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Hero-astronaut John Glenn to lie in state in Columbus

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Hero-astronaut John Glenn to lie in state in Columbus

Public viewing and a memorial service are planned for next week

COLUMBUS — American hero-astronaut John Glenn will lie in state in Ohio’s capitol building preceding a celebration of his life of military and government service and two history-making voyages into space.

The public viewing at the Ohio Statehouse and a memorial service at Ohio State University’s Mershon Auditorium is planned for next week; the dates and times were being worked out today, said Hank Wilson of the John Glenn School of Public Affairs. Statehouse officials meet Monday to authorize the public viewing.

Glenn, who died Thursday at age 95, was the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962 and the oldest man in space at age 77 in 1998. A U.S. Marine and combat pilot, he also served as a U.S. senator, representing Ohio, for more than two decades.

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He is to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery near Washington, D.C.

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First Published December 9, 2016, 6:32 p.m.

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