FILE - This Jan. 7, 1975 file photo shows Illinois House Speaker W. Robert Blair II banging the gavel during the 78th General Assembly in Springfield, Ill. Blair, who was elected to the Illinois House in 1964 and served as speaker from 1971 to 1975, has died at age 83. His funeral Mass will be Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014 in LaGrange Park, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles E. Knoblock, File)
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