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Article: Friends, Former Foes Praise Hyde
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- December 7, 2007
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Friends and one-time opponents at Henry Hyde's funeral Friday praised the former congressman as a political giant and a warm man.
The silver-haired Republican died Nov. 29 at age 83, just weeks after he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He retired from Congress at the end of the last session.
"Henry's laughter, his stories, even the smell of his cigars will be missed," said Democratic Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. one of dozens of current and former House members who attended Hyde's funeral Mass.
More than 1,000 friends, family members and admirers attended the service. Hyde's coffin, covered with a white cloth, lay at the center of St. John ...