A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony, observing the strict rules of protocol, held to honour people of national significance. State funerals usually...

His seven-day state funeral followed. After Reagan's death, his body was taken from his Bel Air home to the Kingsley and Gates Funeral Home in Santa Monica...

possessions" lowered to half staff for 30 days after his death. The state funeral of George H. W. Bush was the official funerary rites conducted by the...

The state funeral of U.S. President John F. Kennedy took place in Washington, D.C., during the three days that followed his assassination on Friday, November...

In the United States, state funerals are the official funerary rites conducted by the federal government in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., that...

of 10 days. Elizabeth's state funeral on 19 September was the first held in Britain since Winston Churchill's in 1965. A funeral service was held at Westminster...

some time. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Akihito. Hirohito's state funeral was held on 24 February at Shinjuku Gyo-en, when he was buried near...

age 74. He was given a state funeral in Moscow on 9 March, with four days of national mourning declared. On the day of the funeral, of the hundreds of thousands...

Funerary practices in different cultures A funeral is a ceremony connected with the final disposition of a corpse, such as a burial or cremation, with...

the first state funeral in the United Kingdom for a non-member of the royal family since Edward Carson's in 1935. It was the last state funeral until Queen...

The death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau took place in 2000. Pierre Trudeau was the 15th prime minister of Canada, serving from 1968 to 1984, with...

funeral". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2022. Church, Ben; Rocha, Camilo (3 January 2022). "Funeral...

assassination in 1960. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida decided to hold a state funeral for Abe on 27 September. Yamagami was arrested at the scene and charged...

family in planning the state funeral and accompanied the family throughout the state funeral. The schedule for the state funeral was announced at a press...

state funerals are usually reserved for monarchs. The most recent was the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on 19 September 2022. A state funeral may...

the age of 56, at Sandringham House, after a prolonged cancer. His state funeral took place on 15 February 1952. A period of national mourning commenced...

age of 68. His state funeral occurred two weeks later, on 20 May 1910. He was succeeded by his only living son, George V. The funeral was the largest...

Silvio Santos, stage name of Senor Abravanel (Hebrew: סניור אברבנאל; 12 December 1930 – 17 August 2024), was a Brazilian television presenter and businessman...

suffering a significant stroke four days earlier, at the age of 81. His state funeral followed five days later at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and...

The elder Kim's funeral was held on 28 December in Pyongyang, with a mourning period lasting until the following day. North Korean state media did not report...

February 29, 2024, following several years of declining health. His state funeral was held on March 23. Brian Mulroney had undergone emergency surgery...

Brezhnev's funeral, held on 15 November 1982, five days after his death. The funeral was attended by forty‑seven heads and deputy heads of state, twenty‑three...

challenges. Mandela's body lay in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria from 11 to 13 December. A state funeral was held on 15 December in Qunu in...

wake or viewing. Lying in state often precedes a state funeral. In Canada, official lying in state is a part of a state funeral, an honour generally reserved...

Palace, his official residence in Istanbul, on 10 November 1938. His state funeral was held in the capital city of Ankara on 21 November, and was attended...

Kim Il Sung's younger brother. The funeral committee released communique regarding the funeral: The state Funeral Committee publishes the following decision...

after the funeral, following her wishes. Some of Thatcher's supporters expressed disappointment that she would not be given a full state funeral. However...

On 2 April 2005, Pope John Paul II died at the age of 84. His funeral was held on 8 April, followed by the novendiales devotional in which the Catholic...

death, she was the longest-reigning monarch in British history. Her state funeral took place on 2 February 1901, being one of the largest gatherings of...

recorded as an incurable disease of the blood vessels. Lenin was given a state funeral and then buried in a specially erected mausoleum on 27 January. A commission...