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Los Angeles City Council holds extended tribute to former Council President John Ferraro
Summary
Council members, the mayor and former colleagues delivered lengthy tributes to the late John Ferraro at an April 18 memorial in the council chamber, praising his leadership on the Olympics, the zoo and city institutions and announcing funeral and viewing details.
The Los Angeles City Council paused its regular business on April 18 for an extended tribute to former Council President John Ferraro, featuring an invocation, remarks from Mayor Richard Riordan and a series of personal remembrances from current and former council members.
Monsignor Fleming of the Los Angeles Archdiocese opened the tribute with an invocation asking for eternal rest for Mr. Ferraro. Mayor Richard Riordan called Ferraro "the…
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