Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford

Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford's remains lie in state in the United States Capitol rotunda
Date	December 30, 2006 – January 3, 2007 (state funeral) December 27, 2006 – January 25, 2007 (mourning period)
Location	Capitol Rotunda, U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Participants	Jimmy Carter George H. W. Bush Bill Clinton George W. Bush Dick Cheney Members of the 109th United States Congress Members-elect of the 110th United States Congress

This article is part of a series about Gerald Ford
Early life Electoral history Pre-vice presidency Military service U.S. Representative for Michigan's 5th Warren Commission 40th Vice President of the United States Confirmation Tenure Resignation of Richard Nixon 38th President of the United States Presidency Timeline Inauguration Policies Environmental Foreign International trips Pardons Appointments Cabinet Judiciary Tenure Pardon of Richard Nixon Federal-Aid Highway Amendments of 1974 Education for All Handicapped Children Act Assassination attempts Sacramento San Francisco Timeline '74 '75 '76–77 Presidential campaign 1976 Primaries Convention Debates Election Post-presidency Presidential Library Activities AEI World Forum Death and state funeral
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On December 26, 2006, Gerald Ford, the 38th president of the United States,^[1] died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California at 6:45 p.m. local time (02:45, December 27, UTC).^[2][3] At 8:49 p.m. local time, his wife of 58 years, Betty Ford, issued a statement announcing his death.^[3] The causes of death listed on the death certificate were arteriosclerotic cerebrovascular disease and diffuse arteriosclerosis.

At the age of 93 years and 165 days, Ford was the longest-lived U.S. president in history until George H. W. Bush lived to 94 years, and Jimmy Carter even longer.^[3]

Ford was the second president to die during the presidency of George W. Bush and the second to die in the twenty-first century, the first being Ronald Reagan.