More than 1,400 people are expected to attend the funeral service for former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the Washington National Cathedral on Wednesday, April 27.
President Joe Biden, former President Bill Clinton, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are expected to pay tribute to Albright at her cathedral service on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. ET. Anne Albright, Alice Albright, and Katharine Albright, Albright’s daughters, will also speak. The service will be officiated by Episcopal clergy. Tributes will be performed by musicians Chris Botti and Herbie Hancock.
The PBS NewsHour’s Nicole Ellis will host a series of conversations exploring Albright’s legacy ahead of the NewsHour’s live coverage of her funeral.
Albright, who died of cancer in March at the age of 84, will be remembered by her friends and family, as well as several current and former US government officials, American presidents, secretaries of state, foreign leaders and diplomats, and Democratic and Republican members of Congress.
Albright was a key figure in former President Bill Clinton’s administration, first serving as his US ambassador to the United Nations before being appointed as the first female secretary of state in his second term.