section_path: Death
section_name: Death
paragraph_text: Death
  
  Against his doctor's advice, Armstrong played a two-week engagement in March 1971 at the Waldorf-Astoria 's Empire Room. At the end of it, he was hospitalized for a heart attack. Armstrong was released from the hospital in May and quickly resumed practicing his trumpet playing. Still hoping to get back on the road, Armstrong died of a heart attack in his sleep on July 6, 1971. Armstrong was residing in Corona, Queens, New York City, at the time of his death.
  
  Armstrong was interred in Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, in Queens, New York City.His honorary pallbearers included Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Pearl Bailey, Count Basie, Harry James, Frank Sinatra, Ed Sullivan, Earl Wilson, Alan King, Johnny Carson and David Frost. Peggy Lee sang " The Lord's Prayer " at the services while Al Hibbler sang " Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen " and Fred Robbins, a long-time friend, gave the eulogy.