Editing Kayahan (section)

==Illness and death==
[[File:KanlıcaCemetery (7).jpg|thumb|The grave of Kayahan Açar at [[Kanlıca Cemetery]] in [[Kanlıca]], [[Istanbul Province|Istanbul]]. ]]

In 1990, Kayahan was diagnosed with [[soft-tissue sarcoma|soft-tissue cancer]]. He caught the same disease in 2005 again. The illness repeated in 2014, and he was under treatment for cancer.<ref name="s1"/>

Kayahan died of [[multiple organ dysfunction syndrome]] on 3 April 2015, aged 66, in a hospital in Istanbul. He had been battling [[small-cell carcinoma|small-cell lung cancer]] since one-and-half years. He had overcome the disease twice before. After a [[Valentine's Day]] concert he lately performed with [[Nilüfer Yumlu|Nilüfer]] on 14 February 2015, he bid a public farewell to his fans.<ref name="h1"/>

He was buried in [[Kanlıca Cemetery]],<ref name="s2"/> which overlooks [[Bosphorus]], following a memorial ceremony in [[Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall]], and the religious funeral service at [[Teşvikiye Mosque]], attended also by President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] and a great number of renowned musicians. He was survived by his wife İpek Açar, and daughters Aslı Gönül and Beste.<ref name="h2"/><ref name="m1"/>