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Pat Conroy's funeral will be open to the public

Associated Press photo: Lou Krask

Credit: Jennifer Brett

Credit: Jennifer Brett

Associated Press photo: Lou Krask
By Jennifer Brett
March 6, 2016

Pat Conroy dies at 70  ..  A year before he died, Pat Conroy opened a gym  ..  Conroy revealed cancer diagnosis and said "I intend to fight"  .. Pat Conroy once thought Saddam Hussein or Jane Fonda would address Citadel cadets before he did

Associated Press photo: Lou Krask

Credit: Jennifer Brett

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Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Anderson Funeral Home, 611 Robert Smalls Parkway, Beaufort, SC 29906. The funeral mass will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, at St Peter's Catholic Church,70 Lady's Island Dr., Beaufort, SC 29907. Services are open to the public; his burial will be private. 

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