Editing Pablo Picasso (section)

==Death==
Picasso died on 8 April 1973 in [[Mougins]], France, from a [[heart attack]] brought on by [[pulmonary edema]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite magazine |date=1973-04-23 |title=Art: Pablo Picasso's Last Days and Final Journey |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,945265,00.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |magazine=Time |language=en-US |issn=0040-781X}}</ref> The evening before his death, Picasso his wife Jacqueline entertained friends for dinner.<ref name=":6" /> He painted until 3 a.m. on this particular night before going to bed.<ref name=":6" /> Picasso woke up at 11:30 a.m., but he was unable to get out of bed.<ref name=":6" /> Jacqueline called his physician Dr. Jean-Claude Rance for assistance, but he died at 11:40 a.m. before a doctor arrived.<ref name=":5" />

Picasso was interred at the [[Château of Vauvenargues]] near [[Aix-en-Provence]], a property he had acquired in 1958 and occupied with Jacqueline between 1959 and 1961.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Times |first=Clyde H. Farnsworth Special to The New York |date=1973-04-11 |title=Body of Picasso Is Transferred To Chapel of Medieval Castle |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/11/archives/body-of-picasso-is-transferred-to-chapel-of-medieval-castle.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Jacqueline prevented Picasso's children, Maya, Claude, and Paloma, and his grandson Pablito from seeing his body.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=1973-07-12 |title=Picasso Grandson Dies; Drank Poison in April |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/07/12/archives/picasso-grandson-dies-drank-poison-in-april.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name="riche" /> Only Paulo, the sole legitimate child of Picasso, was allowed to attend the funeral.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":8" /> 

Picasso died without a will, which led to a feud over his estate.<ref name=":10">{{Cite news |last=Times |first=Everett R. Holles; Special to The New York |date=1973-04-16 |title=Picasso's Children Plan to Sue Widow For Part of Estate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/16/archives/picassos-children-plan-to-sue-widow-for-part-of-estate-picasso.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=White |first=Sam |date=January 18, 1974 |title=All Set for a Clash of Will |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/evening-standard-all-set-for-a-clash-of/170352614/ |work=Evening Standard |pages=17}}</ref> His three illegitimate children were granted the right to share the Picasso estate by French judges, despite opposition from Jacqueline and Paulo.<ref name=":7">{{Cite news |last=Goldsmith |first=Michael |date=July 28, 1974 |title=Picasso's Tangled Love And His Chaotic Estate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-picassos-tangle/170281317/ |work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |pages=5D}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 13, 1974 |title=2 Picassos By Mistress Will Inherit |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-claude-and-paloma-picasso-rul/170280809/ |work=Daily News |location=New York |pages=39}}</ref> Following the death of Paulo in 1975, Picasso's surviving heirs were his widow, Jacqueline; his grandchildren from Paulo, Marina and Bernard; and his children, Claude, Paloma and Maya.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 6, 1976 |title=Fight Goes on Over Picasso's Estate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/oakland-tribune-fight-goes-on-over-picas/170287142/ |work=Oakland Tribune |pages=21}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Stolz |first=George |date=2013-01-02 |title=Authenticating Picasso |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/authenticating-picasso-2146/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=ARTnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> They reached a settlement on how to divide Picasso's $240 million estate in December 1976.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 22, 1976 |title=Heirs of Picasso Agree To End Fight Over Estate |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/winston-salem-journal-heirs-of-picasso-a/170286156/ |work=Winston-Salem Journal |pages=11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1977-01-19 |title=Picasso's Heirs Reported In Accord on Division Of $240 Million Estate |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/01/19/archives/picassos-heirs-reported-in-accord-on-division-of-240-million-estate.html |access-date=2025-04-14 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>