There was a final good-bye Friday for the man who made Chicago history as the city's first African-American police superintendent.
Fred Rice died Monday at the age of 84 after a 10-year battle with lung cancer.
Mayor Richard Daley and current Supt. Jody Weis were in attendance at Friday's service at Holy Name Cathedral. A private burial was held afterward.
Rice began his 32-year police career in 1955. In 1983, Mayor Harold Washington appointed him to police superintendent. Rice remained in that role until 1987.
