Editing Everett Dirksen (section)

==Death==
[[File:Memorial Dirksen.gif|thumb|right|280px|President [[Richard Nixon]] paying his last tributes to Senator Dirksen in 1969.]]
Dirksen was a heavy smoker.{{sfn|"Dirksen Dead in Capital at 73"}} In August 1969, chest X-rays disclosed an asymptomatic peripherally located mass in the upper lobe of the right lung. Dirksen entered [[Walter Reed Army Hospital]] for surgery, which was undertaken on September&nbsp;2. A right upper [[lobectomy]] removed what proved to be lung cancer ([[adenocarcinoma]]). Dirksen initially did well, but progressive complications developed into [[bronchopneumonia]]. He suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest and died on September 7, 1969, at age&nbsp;73.{{sfn|"Dirksen Dead in Capital at 73"}}

Dirksen [[lying in state#United States|lay in state]] at the [[United States Capitol rotunda]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor |title= Lying in State or in Honor |publisher=US Architect of the Capitol (AOC) |access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref> followed by burial at Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin.{{sfn|''Everett McKinley Dirksen, Late a Senator from Illinois''|page=xi}}