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From Daily Telegraph:
State funerals, held in the US capital Washington DC, are steeped in tradition and usually only held for former presidents, the last being Gerald Ford in 2006.
The last non-president to be granted one was Gen Douglas MacArthur, the Second World War and Korean War soldier, in 1964, five years before Armstrong landed on the moon
Bill Johnson, a Republican congressman from Armstrong’s home state of Ohio, led calls for the astronaut to get a similar honour
“I ask President Obama to hold a state funeral for Neil Armstrong so that every American may pay tribute to this groundbreaking hero,” he said. “His first step on the moon showed the world that Americans can do anything.”
However, Mr Armstrong, a former US Navy test pilot, was a determinedly private figure who granted few interviews and shunned publicity. His family may object to a public funeral. A private service is expected to be held on Thursday or Friday.