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John Thrasher, former FSU president and Florida House speaker, dies at 81 after cancer battle

A private burial in Orange Park will be followed by a public celebration of life at FSU’s Ruby Diamond Hall on August 19.

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John Thrasher, the former president of Florida State University and a longtime state lawmaker, died Friday morning, his family said in a statement. He was 81. (Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

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