Ashe Is Viewed by Nearly 5,500
Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va. —
Gov. Douglas Wilder opened the Executive Mansion Tuesday, allowing Richmond to say goodby to one of its most prominent sons, tennis great Arthur Ashe, whose body lay in state.
More than 2,000 people lined up before the gates opened and 5,469 attended the four-hour viewing.
Ashe, 49, died Saturday in New York from AIDS-related pneumonia. He will be buried in Woodland Cemetery today.
Ashe is survived by his wife, Jeanne-Marie Moutoussamy, and their daughter, Camera Elizabeth.
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