death state funeral president argentina died march aged lung cancer died home massive took place vicinity vice president acting president time arranged days national mourning state funeral palace argentine national congress seen people senior politicians country people countries voiced respect military escort took coffin cemetery left veterans revolution park health death lung cancer year death led pneumonia explained health worsened points followed brief days visited vice president gave sick received home care preferred stay family president country times called informed father health died march announced sleeping moment family politician arrive home funeral news death released vicinity house avenue filled hundreds people started multitude included friends neighbors political supporters politicians attended meeting nearby houses filled flowers banners president country moment arranged early return return country time funeral result vice president arranged state funeral alongside president chamber deputies acting president senate widow lady argentina unable attend husband public state funeral declining health argentine president body displayed blue hall palace argentine national congress set days national mourning march april governor birthplace announced provincial mourning thousand people attended moments sung people allowed enter congress april initially intended congress open number people attending forced delay morning april event attended presidents members mayor governor president politicians congress visited people largest state funeral argentina death ceremony speeches politicians tenure administration ceremony aired followed mass given archbishop finally procession avenue military escort took corpse cemetery people threw flowers coffin fly argentine radical flags sung national anthem left veterans revolution park got special argentine bishops holy held mass john attended argentine ambassador italian argentine bishops met pope following day reactions living presidents argentina sent said death great loss democracy wrote editorial newspaper titled spanish old adversary friend famous quotation radical leader funeral said fought life politics democracy raised values democracy respect affection present described family friend said argentina lost great man praised trial received contemporary presidents brazil chile governments brazil chile colombia france mexico peru spain united_states sent messages minister economy president said man fought democracy strengthening institutions time conflicts society merged legislator republican proposal said main actor return democracy argentina work responsibility patriotism said young sang life peace slogan synthesis hopes suffer live democracy freedom peace collective project led pointed political disputes respected nonetheless judge trial hoped remembered great democrat governor buenos_aires province praised died complete peace mind mayor buenos_aires considered died peace fulfilling goals
Death and state funeral of Raúl Alfonsín