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==Death== On April 28, 2021, Collins died of [[cancer]] at his home in [[Naples, Florida]], at the age of 90.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|first=Russell |last=Lewis |date=April 28, 2021 |title=Apollo 11 Astronaut Michael Collins Dies|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/04/28/509599284/forgotten-astronaut-michael-collins-dies|access-date=April 28, 2021|publisher=NPR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428181124/https://www.npr.org/2021/04/28/509599284/forgotten-astronaut-michael-collins-dies |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/28/science/michael-collins-third-man-of-the-moon-landing-dies-at-90.html|title = Michael Collins, 'Third Man' of the Moon Landing, Dies at 90|work = [[The New York Times]]|last = Goldstein|first = Richard|date = April 28, 2021|access-date = April 28, 2021}}</ref> Buzz Aldrin, who became the last survivor of Apollo 11, said that "wherever [Collins has] been or will be, you will always have the Fire to Carry us deftly to new heights and the future."<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1387451395461292037|user=TheRealBuzz|title=Dear Mike, Wherever you have been or will be, you will always have the Fire to Carry us deftly to new heights and the future. We will miss you. May you Rest in peace.|date=April 28, 2021|access-date=February 17, 2022|first=Buzz|last=Aldrin}}</ref> On January 30, 2023, Collins' ashes were interred in [[Arlington National Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite AV media |date=January 31, 2023 |title=Military Funeral Honors for Maj. Gen. Michael Collins |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lo4Mi9fKsE |access-date=April 25, 2023 |publisher=Arlington National Cemetery}}</ref>
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