South Florida paid tribute to a longtime public servant on Wednesday.
Miami City Commissioner Manolo Reyes' celebration of life started with a procession that made a stop at city hall for a memorial service.
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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez spoke to NBC6 sister station Telemundo 51.
"It's a sad day in the city but it's also a day to rejoice," Suarez said. "We rejoice the life he lived, an incredible life. A life of perseverance, he lost six times before being elected, which demonstrates a tremendous amount of perseverance. He taught us all that being a political opponent is not being a political enemy. Something that's lost in today's day in politics. And he was someone that was completely positive, with a great character."
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A funeral mass is currently being held at St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church.
Reyes was hospitalized last week for a serious illness and had recently been battling cancer His family announced his death last Friday. He was 80-years-old.
Reyes was born in Las Tunas, a city in eastern Cuba, and came to the U.S. as a teenager.
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He served on the Miami City Commission for seven years.
Friends, loved ones, and fellow politicians gathered in Westchester Tuesday night at his wake.
Sweetwater Mayor Jose "Pepe" Diaz remembered him this way.
"It's a very sad, sad moment for all of us, especially the ones that knew him very well, and to his constituents that he cared so much about, because they don't build them like him anymore," he said. "He was from the people, for the people, an incredible man that cared so much for his constituents."
Gov. Ron DeSantis has ordered flags in Miami-Dade County to be half-staffed in honor of the late city commissioner.
Reyes is survived by his wife of 56 years, as well as his two adult children, three grandchildren and extended family.