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It was nice to have a president who did not embarrass himself.

Former President Barack Obama will speak at the funeral for U.S. congressman and civil rights hero John Lewis on Thursday, according to CNN.

Ex-commanders-in-chief Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will also attend the ceremony for Lewis at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, CNN reported, citing sources.

Lewis died earlier this month at age 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer.

Obama awarded Lewis the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, and the 58-year-old said in a statement this month that “when I was elected a U.S. Senator, I told him that I stood on his shoulders.”