M. Jodi Rell, Connecticut's second female governor who died last week at 78, will lie in state next week at the Capitol.

Former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell died Wednesday after a brief illness at age 78. She healed the state after corruption scandals that rocked the state Capitol.

Former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell died on Wednesday after a brief illness, according to her family. They said she died at a Florida hospital. She was 78 years old.  Gov. Ned Lamont is calling for U.

Former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who took over the office to become the second female governor in state history, died on Nov. 20 at a Florida hospital following a brief illness, her family said in a statement.

Gary Rose, political science professor at Sacred Heart University, reflects on Jodi Rell’s legacy as governor of Connecticut.

She was lieutenant governor when her boss, Gov. John G. Rowland, resigned in a corruption scandal. The second woman to lead the state, she was later elected in her own right.

Former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has died at age 78. Rell’s family say she died Wednesday at a Florida hospital following a brief illness.

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Former Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell, who became the state's second female governor when John Rowland resigned amid a corruption scandal, has died. She was 78. Rell died Wednesday following a brief illness at a Florida hospital, her family said in a statement released Thursday morning. Her husband died of cancer in 2014.

Born Mary Carolyn Reavis, the longtime Brookfield resident entered politics in 1984 and went on to become Connecticut's 87th governor and second female governor

Now, Rell, who died on November 20 at age 78 after a short illness, will lie in state at the Capitol near the same spot where she held the open house. The public is invited to visit the Capitol next Tuesday, December 3, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to pay their respects.