Governor Tom Corbett has ordered state flags be flown at half-staff to honor former Sen. Arlen Specter, who died Sunday at the age of 82.
 
Specter died at his home in Philadelphia after a battle with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
 
Corbett on Monday ordered Pennsylvania flags at the Capitol and at all other state facilities to be lowered until sundown today.
 
Specter served 30 years in the Senate who played starring roles in Supreme Court confirmation hearings. He also is credited with the single-bullet theory in President John F. Kennedy's assassination.
 
Specter's funeral is scheduled for today in Penn Valley.