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Hundreds attend John Powell funeral

Many mourn the loss of former Suffolk Republican leader John Powell at his funeral. Videojournalist: Jim Staubitser (Feb. 21, 2012)

More than 400 mourners -- from the state's chief administrative judge and state senators to grassroots GOP volunteers -- paid their last respects to former Suffolk Republican leader John Powell Tuesday.

Huge American flags hung from fire ladder trucks outside Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church in Patchogue and Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Coram, where Powell was buried.

A bagpiper...

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