George Floyd's funeral will be held in Houston following public viewing next week

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Houston news, Texas news.

The funeral of George Floyd will be held next week in Houston, Texas following a memorial service in Minnesota and a public viewing the night before he is laid to rest, his family's lawyer Ben Crump announced.

The funeral will be held on June 9 at 11 a.m. following a memorial in Minnesota on Thursday and another service on Saturday in North Carolina where he was born.

"It will be an important event for the city of Minneapolis and Minnesota and for the nation to watch that process of celebrating a life that was taken in front of us, an opportunity for leadership," Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said.

Floyd has passed away after a white police officer knelt on his neck for more than 8 minutes as he begged for his life on May 25.