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Posted: 2020-07-30T00:26:39Z | Updated: 2020-07-30T00:26:39Z

Former President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy at Rep. John Lewis s funeral on Thursday, according to CNN and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution . Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush are also expected to attend the service honoring the late Georgia congressman and civil rights icon, the news outlets said, citing sources familiar with the plans.

Lewis, a Democrat, died earlier this month at the age of 80 after a months-long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Since Monday, lawmakers and members of the public have been paying their respects to Lewis, whose body has been lying in state at the U.S. Capitol . Lewis is the second Black lawmaker to be honored in this manner, after Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) last October. Only about three dozen people , including 12 presidents and four Unknown Soldiers, have lain in state at the U.S. Capitol.