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Funeral arrangements set for Steelers’ chairman Dan Rooney

In this Feb. 5, 2006, file photo, Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney, right, holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy with NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue after the Steelers’ 21-10 win over the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl XL football game, in Detroit. Rooney, the powerful and popular Steelers chairman whose name is attached to the NFL’s landmark initiative in minority hiring, died Thursday, April 13, 2017. He was 84. (David J. Phillip / Associated Press)
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PITTSBURGH – The funeral arrangements are set for Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney, and they include a public viewing at Heinz Field.

Team spokesman Burt Lauten says that will be held from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at the PNC Champions Club at the stadium.

Rooney’s funeral Mass will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Cathedral in the city’s Oakland section.

Gov. Tom Wolf on Friday ordered the Commonwealth flag to be flown at half-staff across Pennsylvania to honor Rooney, who died Thursday at 84.

The family is asking that memorial contributions be made to Rooney’s alma mater, Duquesne University, or the United Way of Southwestern Pennsylvania. Rooney is survived by his wife, Patricia, and seven of the couple’s nine children.