Editing Paddy Ashdown (section)

=== Death and funeral ===
Ashdown was diagnosed with [[bladder cancer]] in October 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Heffer |first=Greg |title=Ex-Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown diagnosed with bladder cancer |url=https://news.sky.com/story/ex-liberal-democrat-leader-paddy-ashdown-diagnosed-with-bladder-cancer-11542693 |publisher=Sky News |date=2 November 2018 |access-date=2021-03-04}}</ref><ref name="BBC death"/> He died on 22 December at [[Southmead Hospital]] in Bristol,<ref name=ODNB /> at the age of 77.<ref name="BBC death">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46662546 |title=Ex-Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown dies aged 77 |work=BBC News |date=22 December 2018 |access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>

On 10 January 2019, a funeral service was held at [[Church of St Mary the Virgin, Norton-sub-Hamdon]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Paddy Ashdown's funeral held in Somerset |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-46822389 |access-date=4 March 2021 |work=BBC News |date=10 January 2019}}</ref> and he was buried in the churchyard.<ref name=ODNB /> A service of thanksgiving was held for him at [[Westminster Abbey]] on 10 September.<ref>{{cite news|last=Davies|first=Caroline|title='A man for ideals': former PMs pay tribute to Paddy Ashdown|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/10/pms-pay-tribute-paddy-ashdown-tony-blair-david-cameron-john-major-service-lib-dem-leader|date=2019-09-10|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-09-28|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lord Ashdown remembered |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-news/paddy-ashdown |access-date=2022-06-13 |publisher=Westminster Abbey |date=2019-09-10}}</ref>