section_path: Death
section_name: Death
paragraph_text: Death
  
  Around 10 p.m. on the day of his death, the pope learned that several young neo-fascists had fired upon a group of young people reading L'Unità, the communist newspaper, outside one of the party's offices in Rome. One boy was killed while another was seriously wounded. The pope lamented to Bishop John Magee, "Even the young are killing each other." He later retired to his room to read Thomas à Kempis 's The Imitation of Christ in bed.
  
  On 29 September 1978, on what would have been the 35th day of his pontificate, John Paul I was found dead in his bed with reading material and a bedside lamp still lit. He had probably suffered a heart attack the night before. Upon the global announcement of the news, Bolivia declared six days of mourning, while Spain, Zaire and Lebanon all declared three days of mourning and the Dominican Republic declared two days of mourning.
  
  John Paul I's funeral was held in Saint Peter's Square on 4 October 1978, celebrated by Carlo Confalonieri. In his eulogy of the late pope, he described him as a flashing comet who briefly lit up the church. He then was laid to rest in the Vatican Grottoes.
  
  There are several conspiracy speculations related to his death.
  
  Around 10 p.m. on the day of his death, the pope learned that several young neo-fascists had fired upon a group of young people reading L'Unità, the communist newspaper, outside one of the party's offices in Rome. One boy was killed while another was seriously wounded. The pope lamented to Bishop John Magee, "Even the young are killing each other." He later retired to his room to read Thomas à Kempis 's The Imitation of Christ in bed.
  
  On 29 September 1978, on what would have been the 35th day of his pontificate, John Paul I was found dead in his bed with reading material and a bedside lamp still lit. He had probably suffered a heart attack the night before. Upon the global announcement of the news, Bolivia declared six days of mourning, while Spain, Zaire and Lebanon all declared three days of mourning and the Dominican Republic declared two days of mourning.
  
  John Paul I's funeral was held in Saint Peter's Square on 4 October 1978, celebrated by Carlo Confalonieri. In his eulogy of the late pope, he described him as a flashing comet who briefly lit up the church. He then was laid to rest in the Vatican Grottoes.
  
  There are several conspiracy speculations related to his death.