Death and state funeral of Richard Nixon

State funeral of Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon in 1993 with then president Bill Clinton, a year before his death.
Location	Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, Yorba Linda, California, U.S.
Participants	Gerald Ford Jimmy Carter Ronald Reagan George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton Spiro Agnew Bob Dole Henry Kissinger Pete Wilson Sir Edward Heath (former UK Prime Minister) Zou Jiahua (Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China)

On April 22, 1994, Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, died after suffering a significant stroke four days earlier, at the age of 81.

His state^[1] funeral followed five days later at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in his hometown of Yorba Linda, California. He was the first former president to die in 21 years since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1973, while Nixon was president.

Nixon's wife, Pat, died on June 22, 1993. Just under ten months later, on April 18, 1994, Nixon had a cerebrovascular accident at his home in Park Ridge, New Jersey, and was taken to New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center.^[2] After an initial favorable prognosis, Nixon slipped into a deep coma and died four days later at the age of 81. His body was flown to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, Orange County, California, via SAM 27000, the presidential plane used as Air Force One while Nixon was in office.^[3] His body was transported to the Nixon Library and laid in repose. A public memorial service was held on April 27, attended by world dignitaries from 85 countries and all five living presidents of the United States, the first time that five U.S. presidents attended the funeral of another president.

Nixon's state funeral is unique among recent presidential state funerals in that, in accordance with his own wishes, none of the elements of the state ceremonies occurred in the nation's capital.^[4][5]