Hundreds shell out their respects to Greek composer Theodorakis

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Hundreds of people today, some carrying bouquets, collected Monday at Athens Cathedral to pay their closing respects to Greek composer and politician Mikis Theodorakis, who was an integral aspect of the Greek political and musical scene for decades.

Theodorakis, who died Thursday at 96, is lying in point out in a cathedral chapel for three times ahead of his burial on the southern island of Crete. His entire body arrived Monday after a almost two-hour hold off amid a dispute around burial facts.

Over the weekend, his family reportedly lifted their objections to him becoming buried on Crete in accordance with his very last wishes. A court had temporarily halted burial designs pending a resolution of the dispute.

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