 Samaranch died of cardio-respiratory failure in the Hospital Quirón in Barcelona on 21 April 2010, having suffered ill health for several years prior to his death.As a recipient of the Gold Medal of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Samaranch was laid in state in the Palau de la Generalitat.His funeral mass was held in the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, on 22 April 2010 and was attended by representatives of the Spanish royal family and of the Olympic movement.