Details on the Mass have been scarce, but Richardson Center officials announced the former New Mexico governor s body will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda Sept. 13.
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Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, an influential figure in Democratic politics who also was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary in the Clinton administration, died Sept. 1, according to a statement from the Richardson Center for Global Engagement.