Editing Joe Foss (section)

==Death==
Foss suffered a [[stroke]] in October 2002 when he bled from a cerebral [[aneurysm]]. He died three months later on [[New Year's Day]], 2003, never having regained consciousness, in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]], where he and his wife had made their home in later years.<ref>Goldstein, Richard. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120328103437/http://www.andthereiwas.com/joefoss/ny_times_obit.html "Joe Foss, 87, Flying Ace Who Led Football League, Is Dead"]}}, ''The New York Times'', January 2003.</ref><ref>Harriman, Peter and David Kranz. "S.D. loses legend, American hero", ''Argus Leader'', January 2, 2003.</ref> Vice President [[Dick Cheney]], retired Lt. Colonel [[Oliver North]] and South Dakota native and NBC News anchor [[Tom Brokaw]] were among those who attended with North delivering the eulogy.

Actor [[Charlton Heston]] gave a brief tribute to his old friend. Foss was buried at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] in Section 7A, Lot 162 on January 21, 2003.<ref>[https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Notable-Graves/Medal-of-Honor-Recipients/World-War-II-MoH-recipients/Joseph-J-Foss Notable Graves: Medal of Honor Recipients, World War II] [[Arlington National Cemetery]] official website</ref> Family, friends, military personnel and dignitaries remembered him fondly at a service in Arlington and at an earlier "Memorial Service for an American Patriot" in the old chapel at nearby Fort Myer.