Tuesday, December 13, 2016

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Edward Bennett Williams wanted to be in control to the end, and a little beyond. Before he died, his family suggested that the funeral be held at Holy Trinity, a lovely neo-Georgian church in Georgetown. Too small, said Williams. He wanted the service to be held at St. Matthew's Cathedral, a Romanesque monstrosity downtown. His children teased him for his vanity. They assumed that the church would be half empty, since most of official Washington had fled the city's late-summer torpor for the mountains or the seashore. 

- From The Man to See: Edward Bennett Williams: Ultimate Insider; Legendary Trial Lawyer by Evan Thomas

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