Good Friday morning.

It may not feel like it, but it has been more than two months since John Thrasher — decorated U.S. Army veteran, towering figure in Florida politics, and 15th president of FSU — died at the age of 81 .

Whether during his time leading the House or his tenure at the top of Nole Nation, his legacy in the rolling hills of Tallahassee lives on, and it will doubtless take many more months for some to process their grief.

Closure is an important step, and the students who dipped out of the capital city after final exams last semester are being given the opportunity by way of an encore celebration of life ceremony at FSU next week.

The event is slated for Tuesday at the historic Ruby Diamond Concert Hall. It will be open to the entire FSU and Tallahassee communit

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