He refused the aid of chemotherapy, saying he wanted to die as he had lived and not a shadow of his former self. He was buried with his flute in the Church of the Immaculate Conception's adjoining cemetery in the middle of Arigna alongside other immediate family members.
The man rejected chemotherapy, expressing a desire to depart this world as he had lived, rather than as a diminished version of himself. He was laid to rest with his flute in the Church of the Immaculate Conception's nearby cemetery in Arigna alongside immediate relatives.