Death and state funeral of Richard Nixon Death and state funeral of Richard Nixon On April 22, 1994, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, died after suffering a stroke four days earlier, at the age of 81. His state funeral followed five days later at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in his hometown of Yorba Linda, California. Nixon suffered a cerebral vascular accident on April 18 at his home in Park Ridge, New Jersey, and was taken to New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center. After an initial favorable prognosis, Nixon slipped into a deep coma and died four days later. His body
Death and state funeral of Richard Nixon Dole could not hold back his tears at the end of his speech, a rare show of emotion in public for the Senator. Following the service, Nixon was laid to rest beside his wife; Pat had died on June 22, 1993. They are buried only steps away from Richard Nixon's birthplace and boyhood home. The funeral was the last major public appearance of former President Ronald Reagan, whose affliction with Alzheimer's disease was announced later that year. Ten years later, on June 5, 2004, Reagan would become the first former President after Nixon to die. Death and state funeral of