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[[File:Lying in State - President Gerald Ford (8288035735).jpg|thumb|Ford [[lying in state]] in the Capitol rotunda]] | [[File:Lying in State - President Gerald Ford (8288035735).jpg|thumb|Ford [[lying in state]] in the Capitol rotunda]] | ||
Ford died on December 26, 2006, at his home in [[Rancho Mirage, California]], of arteriosclerotic [[cerebrovascular disease]] and diffuse [[arteriosclerosis]]. He had end-stage coronary artery disease and severe [[aortic stenosis]] and insufficiency, caused by calcific alteration of one of his heart valves.<ref>DeFrank T: Write It When I'm Gone, G. Putnam & Sons, New York, NY, 2007.</ref> At the time of his death, Ford was the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|longest-lived U.S. president]], having lived 93 years and 165 days (45 days longer than Ronald Reagan, whose record he surpassed).<ref name="deathofford">{{cite news| last1=Naughton| first1=James M.| last2=Clymer| first2=Adam| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/washington/27webford.html| title=Gerald Ford, 38th President, Dies at 93| date=December 27, 2006| newspaper=The New York Times| access-date=October 19, 2009| archive-date=August 20, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820152316/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/washington/27webford.html| url-status=live}}</ref> He died on the 34th anniversary of President | Ford died on December 26, 2006, at his home in [[Rancho Mirage, California]], of arteriosclerotic [[cerebrovascular disease]] and diffuse [[arteriosclerosis]]. He had end-stage coronary artery disease and severe [[aortic stenosis]] and insufficiency, caused by calcific alteration of one of his heart valves.<ref>DeFrank T: Write It When I'm Gone, G. Putnam & Sons, New York, NY, 2007.</ref> At the time of his death, Ford was the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|longest-lived U.S. president]], having lived 93 years and 165 days (45 days longer than Ronald Reagan, whose record he surpassed).<ref name="deathofford">{{cite news| last1=Naughton| first1=James M.| last2=Clymer| first2=Adam| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/washington/27webford.html| title=Gerald Ford, 38th President, Dies at 93| date=December 27, 2006| newspaper=The New York Times| access-date=October 19, 2009| archive-date=August 20, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820152316/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/washington/27webford.html| url-status=live}}</ref> He died on the 34th anniversary of President Harry S. Truman's death; he was the last surviving member of the [[Warren Commission]].<ref name="preseulog">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/world/americas/02iht-web.0207ford.4080367.html|title=Bush and ex-presidents eulogize Gerald R. Ford|date=January 2, 2007|work=The New York Times|author=Stout, David|access-date=September 3, 2009|archive-date=May 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511105455/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/02/world/americas/02iht-web.0207ford.4080367.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
On December 30, 2006, Ford became the 11th U.S. president to [[Lying in state#United States|lie in state]] in the [[United States Capitol rotunda|Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor |title=Lying in State or in Honor |publisher=US Architect of the Capitol (AOC) |access-date=September 1, 2018 |archive-date=May 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518015734/https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor |url-status=live }}</ref> A state funeral and memorial services were held at the [[National Cathedral]] in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, January 2, 2007. After the service, Ford was interred at his [[Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum|Presidential Museum]] in Grand Rapids, Michigan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ford Is Buried After Thousands in Hometown Pay Respects|work=The New York Times|date=January 4, 2007|access-date=October 16, 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/washington/04ford.html|first=Monica|last=Davey|archive-date=June 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605035320/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/washington/04ford.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | On December 30, 2006, Ford became the 11th U.S. president to [[Lying in state#United States|lie in state]] in the [[United States Capitol rotunda|Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor |title=Lying in State or in Honor |publisher=US Architect of the Capitol (AOC) |access-date=September 1, 2018 |archive-date=May 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518015734/https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor |url-status=live }}</ref> A state funeral and memorial services were held at the [[National Cathedral]] in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, January 2, 2007. After the service, Ford was interred at his [[Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum|Presidential Museum]] in Grand Rapids, Michigan.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ford Is Buried After Thousands in Hometown Pay Respects|work=The New York Times|date=January 4, 2007|access-date=October 16, 2009|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/washington/04ford.html|first=Monica|last=Davey|archive-date=June 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605035320/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/04/washington/04ford.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||