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Nixon eulogizes Hoover as a ‘giant’ 40 years ago today (1972)

May 4, 20121970s, U.S. Presidentsadmin


Video: Hoover's funeral, May 4, 1972 (at 1:05/43:41)

(Thursday, May 4, 1972) — FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover was buried in Washington today, extolled by U.S. President Richard Nixon as a giant who stood head and shoulders above his countrymen.

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