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Friends give ‘Le Grand Orange’ one last cheer

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Some 1,500 friends and fans gathered at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Wednesday for a memorial service for Mets icon Rusty Staub.

What a grand farewell for Le Grand Orange.

What a fittingly elaborate tribute to the man who enjoyed fine wine, fine food and fine living.

Somewhere, Rusty Staub had to be smiling.

The Mets icon, who died after a lengthy illness on March 29, received a hero’s goodbye Wednesday afternoon in a memorial Mass at stately St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown.