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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo comforts his mother Matilda following the funeral mass for former Gov. Mario Cuomo at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan on Jan. 6, 2015. Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Robert Kennedy, Jr. and his wife Cheryl Hines depart the funeral of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo Jan. 6, 2105, at St. Ignatius Church in Manhattan.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • Gov. Andrew Cuomo hugs his mother Matilda Cuomo as they watch a casket carrying Gov. Mario Cuomo pass by at the end of the funeral for the elder Cuomo Jan. 6, 2105, at St. Ignatius Church in Manhattan.
    Photo Credit: Craig Ruttle
  • Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo comforts his mother Matilda following the funeral mass for former Gov. Mario Cuomo at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan on Jan. 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Chris Cuomo at the funeral mass for his father, former Governor Mario Cuomo, at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan on Jan. 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Funeral mass for former Governor Mario Cuomo at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan on Jan. 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio, and his wife Chirlane at the funeral mass for former Governor Mario Cuomo at St Ignatius Loyola in Manhattan on Jan. 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Bill and Hillary Clinton at the funeral mass for former Governor Mario Cuomo at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan, Jan. 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani at the funeral mass for former Governor Mario Cuomo at St. Ignatius Loyola Church in Manhattan on Jan. 6, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo arrives for the wake of his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. With the governor are his daughter, Michaela, left, and girlfriend Sandra Lee. Mario Cuomo died Jan. 1, 2015 at age 82.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Actor Alan Alda arrives at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home in Manhattan before the wake for former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Former Nassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi arrives at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home in Manhattan before the wake for former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the New York Archdiocese arrives for the wake of former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral home in Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato arrives for the wake for former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home in Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Actor Tony Lobianco and his fiancee Alise arrive for the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home in Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • New York State troopers arrive at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel in Manhattan before the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Vice President Joe Biden arrives at the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo at Frank E. Campbell Funeral home in Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Cardinal Timothy Dolan arrives for the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral home in Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Chris Cuomo hugs a friend at the wake for his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Sen. Charles Schumer arrives at the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo at Frank E. Campbell Funeral home in Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Kerry Kennedy, the ex-wife of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, arrives at the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral home in Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • Mort Zuckerman arrives at the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral home in Manhattan on Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: John Roca
  • People wait in line at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel for the wake of former Gov. Mario Cuomo in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 05, 2015. Cuomo, who served three terms as New York State Governor, died at home Thursday from heart failure at 82 while surrounded by family. The death occurred on the same day Andrew Cuomo was sworn into office for his second term as governor.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Matilda Cuomo, center, arrives at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel for the wake for her husband, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Cuomo, who served three terms as New York State governor, died at home Thursday from heart failure at 82 while surrounded by family. The death occurred on the same day Andrew Cuomo was sworn into office for his second term as governor.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • U.S. Sen. Charles E. Schumer arrives at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel for the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Cuomo, who served three terms as governor, died at home on Jan. 1, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Former New York City Mayor David Dinkins arrives at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel for the wake of former Gov. Mario Cuomo in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Cuomo, who served three terms as governor, died at home on Jan. 1, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Congress members Steve Israel and Nancy Pelosi arrive at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel for the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Actor Alan Alda arrives at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel for the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Cuomo, who served three terms as governor, died at home on Jan. 1, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Christopher Cuomo, right, arrives at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel for the wake for his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Cuomo, who served three terms as governor, died at home on Jan. 1, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver arrives at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel for the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Cuomo, who served three terms as governor, died at home on Jan. 1, 2015 from heart failure at 82.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • New York State Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos arrives at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel for the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Cuomo, who served three terms as governor, died at home on Jan. 1, 2015 from heart failure at 82 while surrounded by family. The death occurred on the same day Andrew Cuomo was sworn into office for his second term as governor.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • New York State Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, his daughter, Michaela, left, and his girlfriend Sandra Lee, arrive at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel for the wake of his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015. Cuomo, who served three terms as governor, died at home Thursday from heart failure at 82 while surrounded by family. The death occurred on the same day Andrew Cuomo was sworn into office for his second term as governor.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, center, arrives at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel for the wake of former Gov. Mario Cuomo in Manhattan on Monday, Jan. 05, 2015. Cuomo, who served three terms as New York State Governor, died at home Thursday from heart failure at 82 while surrounded by family. The death occurred on the same day Andrew Cuomo was sworn into office for his second term as governor.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Former County Executive Thomas Gulotta, second from left, and Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, center, arrive at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home in Manhattan for the wake for former Gov. Mario Cuomo on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert
  • Mourners arrive at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Home in Manhattan before the wake for former Gov. Mario M. Cuomo on Monday, Jan. 5, 2015.
    Photo Credit: Charles Eckert

In a heartfelt eulogy delivered by his son, former Gov. Mario Cuomo was remembered Tuesday as a poet and philosopher who gave no quarter in debates or basketball, a working-class politician who didn’t like day-to-day governing, and a pragmatic liberal who became the “keynote speaker for our better angels.”

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