Tancredo Neves
Neves was supposed to be inaugurated as the Brazilian president on 15 March 1985, however the day before his vice president Jose Sarney became acting president after being sworn-in while Neves recovered from surgery. He died of diverticulitis at a São Paulo hospital on 21 April 1985, aged 75. It was also reported Neves had stomach cancer, but his diagnosis was kept secret.