Editing Charles Aznavour (section)

== Death and funeral ==
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On 1 October 2018, Aznavour was found dead in a bathtub at his home at Mouriès at the age of 94.<ref name="francetvinfo">{{cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/economie/emploi/metiers/art-culture-edition/mort-de-charles-aznavour-la-cause-de-la-mort-est-naturelle_2966913.html|title=Mort de Charles Aznavour : "La cause de la mort est naturelle"|website=[[FranceTV]]|date=2 October 2018|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtl.fr/culture/musique/charles-aznavour-est-decede-a-l-age-de-94-ans-7795003841|title=Charles Aznavour est décédé à l'âge de 94 ans|website=RTL France|date=1 October 2018|language=fr}}</ref><ref name="LD">{{cite web|url=https://www.ledauphine.com/france-monde/2018/10/01/le-chanteur-charles-aznavour-est-decede|title=Le chanteur Charles Aznavour est décédé|newspaper=[[Le Dauphiné libéré]]|date=1 October 2018|access-date=1 October 2018|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45709214?ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking|title=Singer Charles Aznavour dies at 94|website=[[BBC News (British TV channel)|BBC News]]|date=1 October 2018|access-date=1 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/obituaries/charles-aznavour-dead.html|title=Charles Aznavour, Enduring French Singer of Global Fame, Dies at 94|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1 October 2018|access-date=2 October 2018}}</ref> At the time of his death his tax residence was in [[Saint-Sulpice, Vaud]], Switzerland.<ref>{{cite news|author=Marion Moussadek|url=http://www.lematin.ch/people/aznavour-j-pousse-vivre-suisse/story/27633469|title=Aznavour: "J'ai été poussé à vivre en Suisse"|newspaper=[[Le Matin (Switzerland)|Le Matin]]|date=12 November 2013|access-date=13 November 2013|language=fr}}</ref> The autopsy report concluded that Aznavour died of [[cardiorespiratory arrest]] complicated by an acute [[pulmonary edema]].<ref name="francetvinfo"/> A requiem mass for him was held on 6 October by Catholicos [[Karekin II]] at the [[Armenian Cathedral of St. John the Baptist]] in Paris.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Pashinyan attends requiem ceremony offered for Charles Aznavour at St. John the Baptist Church in Paris|url=https://armenpress.am/eng/news/949966.html|work=Armenpress|date=6 October 2018}}</ref>

On 5 October, Aznavour was honoured with a [[state funeral]] at [[Les Invalides]] in Paris. The president [[Emmanuel Macron]] delivered a eulogy describing Aznavour as one of the most important "faces of France", and his lyrics as, "for millions of people a balm, a remedy, a comfort&nbsp;... For so many decades, he has made our life sweeter, our tears less bitter." His coffin was carried out as his song, "Emmenez-Moi" (Take Me Along), played.<ref>{{cite news|author=Angelique Chrisafis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/05/in-france-poets-never-die-france-pays-homage-to-aznavour-funeral|title='In France, poets never die': Macron pays tribute to Aznavour 'Son of immigrants' likened to Apollinaire and praised for his cultural contribution to France|newspaper=The Guardian|date=5 October 2018|access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref> Dignitaries attending the funeral also included [[French Prime Minister]] [[Édouard Philippe]], former presidents [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] and [[François Hollande]], as well as [[Armenian President]] [[Armen Sarkissian]] and Prime Minister [[Nikol Pashinyan]] and their wives.<ref>{{cite news|author=Brian Love|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-aznavour/france-bids-adieu-to-aznavour-pays-tribute-to-armenian-roots-idUSKCN1MF0YY|title=France bids adieu to Aznavour, pays tribute to Armenian roots|website=[[Reuters]]|date=5 October 2018|access-date=14 October 2018}}</ref>

He is interred in the family crypt at the [[Montfort-l'Amaury]] cemetery.<ref>[https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/medias-people/du-monde-a-montfort-l-amaury-pour-se-recueillir-sur-la-tombe-de-charles-aznavour-1541236036 Du monde à Montfort l'Amaury pour se recueillir sur la tombe de Charles Aznavour], [[France Bleu]] (in French). 3 November 2018.</ref>