Editing Brian Mulroney (section)

=== Death and state funeral ===
{{main|Death and state funeral of Brian Mulroney}}
Mulroney had suffered several years of declining health leading up to his death. He had been hospitalized as the result of a fall at his home in [[Palm Beach, Florida]], and died on February 29, 2024, at the age of 84.<ref name="CP-March-15">{{cite news|title=Here's what you need to know about the state funeral for former PM Brian Mulroney|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|date=March 15, 2023|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-state-funeral-for-former-pm-brian-mulroney/article_1f219c48-9f3b-5a5e-af3d-f2969d5e3bcb.html|access-date=March 15, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/world/canada/brian-mulroney-former-canadian-prime-minister-is-dead-at-84.html|title = Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister Who Led Canada Into NAFTA, Dies at 84|last = Cowell|first = Alan|date = February 29, 2024|accessdate = February 29, 2024|newspaper = [[The New York Times]]|url-access = limited|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240229233923/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/world/canada/brian-mulroney-former-canadian-prime-minister-is-dead-at-84.html|archive-date = February 29, 2024|url-status = live}}</ref>

Mulroney's remains were repatriated on March 8, 2024, at [[Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport]]. A tribute in the House of Commons of Canada was held on March 18, after MPs agreed to suspend sitting.<ref>{{cite news|title=Body of former prime minister Brian Mulroney arrives back in Canada|last=Goldrick|first=Hayley|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|date=March 9, 2024|work=[[CityNews]]|location=Toronto, Ontario|url=https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/03/09/body-of-former-prime-minister-brian-mulroney-arrives-back-in-canada/|access-date=March 10, 2024}}</ref> Mulroney lay in state at the [[Sir John A. Macdonald Building]] in Ottawa on March 19–20, before laying in repose at [[St. Patrick's Basilica, Montreal]] on March 21–22. A state funeral was held at the [[Notre-Dame Basilica (Montreal)|Notre-Dame Basilica]] on March 23 and was attended by Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]] as well as former prime ministers [[Jean Chrétien]], [[Joe Clark]], [[Stephen Harper]] and [[Kim Campbell]], hockey player [[Wayne Gretzky]], former UK Prime Minister [[John Major]], [[Sarah, Duchess of York]], and actor [[Ryan Reynolds]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/mulroney-canada-state-funeral-prime-minister-6f917202d1a60f6f0b11267bf729c2a8 |title=Canada holds a state funeral to honor Brian Mulroney, one of its most consequential prime ministers |date=March 23, 2023|website=[[Associated Press]]|access-date=March 23, 2023}}</ref> He was buried at [[Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery]] in Montreal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cimetierenotredamedesneiges.ca/fr/recherche-personne-defunte|title=Recherche d'une personne défunte: Brian Mulroney (T01213)|year=2024|website=[[Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery]]|location=Montreal, Quebec|language=fr|access-date=March 27, 2024|archive-date=March 27, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240327102044/https://www.cimetierenotredamedesneiges.ca/fr/recherche-personne-defunte|url-status=dead}}</ref>