FILE – In this June 2, 2007, file photo, former Sen. Fred Thompson speaks during an interview with the Associated Press prior to a fund raiser in Richmond, Va. Thompson, a folksy former Republican U.S. senator from Tennessee who appeared in feature films and television including a role on “Law & Order,” died Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015, his family said. He was 73. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) Longtime U.S. Sen John McCain, R-Arizona, is among the friends of Fred Thompson who will speak at the public funeral service in Nashville of the former U.S. senator from Tennessee.
Other speakers at Thompson’s public funeral service, The Tennessean has learned, include U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee. There also will be musical performances from country artists Lee Greenwood, known for the song “God Bless the USA,” and John Rich. Additional friends of Thompson are expected to have roles in the funeral service as well.
Thompson’s funeral service is at the War Memorial Auditorium in downtown Nashville. Afterward, the family will head to Lawrenceburg, Tenn., where Thompson was raised, for a private burial.
Thompson died on Sunday at age 73.
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