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January 29, 2008

R.I. leaders mourn late senator from Woonsocket

PROVIDENCE -- A day of mourning for a late state lawmaker from Woonsocket.

Senator Roger Badeau died last week of pancreatic cancer at 71.

Governor Carcieri and other politicians are expected to attend a funeral Mass today for Badeau at Saint Joseph's Church in Woonsocket. He will be buried in nearby Bellingham, Massachusetts.

A legislative spokesman says the Senate will not meet today to honor Badeau, who was first elected to a seat there in 1984.

-- The Associated Press

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