Death and state funeral of Lee Kuan Yew

Death and state funeral
of Lee Kuan Yew

Clockwise from top left: Lee Kuan Yew in 2011, floral tributes of Kuan Yew outside High Street Centre opposite of Singapore's Parliament House, Lee Kuan Yew at the White House in 1975, and the Flag of Singapore at half-mast shortly after his death.
Date	23–29 March 2015
Venue	Sri Temasek (private wake) Parliament House (lying in state) University Cultural Centre (state funeral) Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium (cremation)
Location	Singapore General Hospital (place of death)
Coordinates	1°16′43.32″N 103°50′3.84″E / 1.2787000°N 103.8344000°E / 1.2787000; 103.8344000

On 23 March 2015, Lee Kuan Yew, the founding prime minister of Singapore and co-founder of the People's Action Party, died at the age of 91 at 03:18 Singapore Standard Time (UTC+08:00), after having been hospitalised at the Singapore General Hospital with severe pneumonia since 5 February that year. A formal announcement was made on national television and radio by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at 08:00 that morning.

Many world leaders, governments, international organizations, and individuals issued public condolences.^[1] A week-long period of national mourning was declared by the government, from 23 to 29 March that year. All flags, including the National Flag, in Singapore were flown at half-mast during the period.^[2] Lee was subsequently cremated at Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium on 29 March.