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===Death=== [[File:Ligeti.jpg|thumb|Ligeti's grave in [[Vienna Central Cemetery]]]] Ligeti's health deteriorated after the turn of the millennium; he died in Vienna on 12 June 2006, at the age of 83.<ref name="nytimes">{{harvnb|Griffiths|2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dyer |first=Richard |date=13 June 2006 |title=Gyorgy Ligeti; influential composer of wry, startling pieces |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51858197/ligeti-obituary-dyer/ |work=[[The Boston Globe]]|page=23 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=22 May 2020}}</ref> Although it was known that he had been ill for several years and had used a wheelchair for the last three years of his life, his family declined to release details of the cause of his death.{{sfn|Griffiths|2006}} Austrian Chancellor [[Wolfgang Schüssel]] and Art Secretary {{ill|Franz Morak|de}} both paid tribute to Ligeti.<ref name="Standard">{{cite news |date=12 June 2006 |title=Reaktionen: "In einer Reihe mit Bartok, Stockhausen und Boulez" |url=https://derstandard.at/2478138/Reaktionen-In-einer-Reihe-mit-Bartok-Stockhausen-und-Boulez |work=[[Der Standard]] |location=Vienna |language=de |access-date=6 May 2019}}</ref> His funeral was held at [[Feuerhalle Simmering]].<ref name="Abschied">{{cite web |date=22 June 2006 |title=Abschied von György Ligeti |url=https://www.musicaustria.at/abschied-von-gyoergy-ligeti/ |work=music austria |publisher=Music Information Center Austria |location=Vienna |language=de |access-date=5 May 2019}}</ref> The memorial concert was performed by [[Pierre-Laurent Aimard]] and the [[Arnold Schoenberg Choir]].<ref name="Abschied" /> His ashes were buried at [[Vienna Central Cemetery]] in a ''grave of honor'' ({{langx|de|[[Ehrengrab]]|link=no}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.n-tv.de/archiv/Gyoergy-Ligeti-ist-tot-article185683.html |title=György Ligeti ist tot; Ehrengrab in Wien |language=de |access-date=7 November 2013}}</ref> He was survived by his wife Vera and son [[Lukas Ligeti|Lukas]].<ref name="nytimes" /> The latter is a composer and percussionist based in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lukasligeti.com/|title=Welcome to the website of composer/improvisor Lukas Ligeti|website=lukasligeti.com|access-date=3 January 2023}}</ref>
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