Las Vegas memorial service for Harry Reid scheduled for January 8
LAS VEGAS (AP) – A memorial service in honor of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is scheduled for January 8 at a performing arts center in Las Vegas.
Reid, 82, died Tuesday at his home in Henderson, Nevada, of complications from pancreatic cancer, according to Landra Reid, his wife of 62 years.
His office in Las Vegas announced Thursday that the 11 a.m. service at the Smith Center will be open to family, colleagues and guests, and will be broadcast live.
The tickets will be distributed through his office, former aides said in a statement. Further details will be released later. Arrangements for a memorial service in Washington, DC were not disclosed.
Reid, a Democrat elected to the United States House in 1982, has served in Congress longer than anyone in Nevada history.
President Joe Biden, who served with him in the Senate, called him one of the great Senate majority leaders in the country's history.
Reid retired in 2016 after an accident left him blind in one eye. He announced in May 2018 that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was being treated.