Editing David Ben-Gurion (section)

== Final years and death ==
[[File:Sde Boker (997008137110405171) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Ben-Gurion working in kibbutz Sde Boker, 1953]]
Ben-Gurion retired from politics in 1970 and spent his last years living in a modest home in kibbutz [[Sde Boker]], working on an 11-volume history of Israel's early years. In 1971, he visited Israeli positions along the [[Suez Canal]] during the [[War of Attrition]].

On 18 November 1973, shortly after the [[Yom Kippur War]], Ben-Gurion suffered a [[cerebral haemorrhage]], and was taken to [[Sheba Medical Center]] in [[Tel HaShomer]], Ramat Gan<!-- DO NOT LINK, see [[MOS:GEOLINK]] for further guidance -->. His condition began deteriorating on 23 November and he died a few days later, on 1 December.<ref>''The Evening Independent'' (1 December 1973 issue)</ref> His body lay in state in the Knesset compound before being flown by helicopter to Sde Boker. Sirens sounded across the country to mark his death. He was buried alongside his wife Paula in the [[Ben-Gurion Tomb National Park]] at [[Midreshet Ben-Gurion]]. <!-- presumably the person referred to (his body) is David Ben-Gurion and not his grandson; it's not entirely clear; perhaps the sentence about his grandson should be moved or rewritten for clarification; otherwise it makes it sound like his grandson's body is being referred to; I assume the sentence was put here because of the fact his grandson was wounded around the same time as Ben-Gurion died -->