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==Post viceregal career and death== [[File:Hnatyshyn.jpg|thumb|right|A statue of Hnatyshyn, created in 1992 by Bill Epp, stands on the banks of the [[South Saskatchewan River]] in [[Saskatoon]], [[Saskatchewan]]]] After his departure from Government House, Hnatyshyn returned to Gowling, Strathy & Henderson, where he became senior partner.<ref name="CBCarchive-swornin"/><ref name=CE/><ref name="URegina"/> In November 2002 he was installed as Chancellor of [[Carleton University]] in Ottawa; however, he died of complications from [[pancreatitis]] shortly before [[Christmas]] that year.<ref name=CE/> Per tradition, and with the consent of his family, Hnatyshyn [[Lying in state|lay in state]] for two days in the Senate chamber.<ref name="CBC021223">{{Cite news| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ray-hnatyshyn-lies-in-state-1.315369| title=Ray Hnatyshyn lies in state| publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]| access-date=2021-07-12 |date=2002-12-23}}</ref> Though he was [[Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada|Ukrainian Orthodox]], he was commemorated in his [[State funerals in Canada|state funeral]] in a multi-faith ceremony on December 23, 2002, at Ottawa's [[Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa|Christ Church Cathedral]].<ref name=CE/><ref name="CBC021223"/> The service included the funeral rite of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church—officiated by [[Archbishop Yurij (Kalistchuk)|Archbishop Yurij]], Bishop of Toronto, and the clergy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church—and a eulogy from the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s chief correspondent, [[Peter Mansbridge]].<ref>{{cite episode| title=Special coverage of the state funeral for former governor general Ray Hnatyshyn (Peter Mansbridge segment)| url = http://www.cbc.ca/clips/ram-newsworld/mansbridge_eulogy021223.ram| series=CBC News|date=December 23, 2002| season=2002–2003| access-date=March 4, 2009}}</ref> [[Adrienne Clarkson]], by that time the sitting governor general, paid tribute to him via video, as she and her husband were en route to spend Christmas with Canadian troops stationed in the [[Persian Gulf]].<ref>{{cite episode| title=Special coverage of the state funeral for former governor general Ray Hnatyshyn (Adrienne Clarkson segment)| url = http://www.cbc.ca/clips/ram-newsworld/mansbridge_eulogy021223.ram| series=CBC News|date=December 23, 2002| season=2002-2003| access-date=March 4, 2009}}</ref> Hnatyshyn was then buried at [[Beechwood Cemetery]] in Ottawa.<ref>{{Citation| url=https://beechwoodottawa.ca/sites/default/files/2019-03/Beechwood-Way-Sectionals-Jan-2019-Section-110_EN.pdf| title=Governor General Ramon John Hnatyshyn| work=The Beechwood Way: Sectionals: Section 110 Charity Pathway |publisher=[[Beechwood Cemetery]]| access-date=2021-07-13}}</ref> Various memorials followed Hnatyshyn's death: On March 16, 2004, [[Canada Post]] unveiled at a ceremony, attended by Hnatyshyn's [[widow]], a $0.49 [[postage stamp]] designed by [[Vancouver]] graphic artist Susan Mavor, and bearing the formal portrait of Hnatyshyn taken by [[Canadian Press]] photographer Paul Chaisson on the day Hnatyshyn became governor general, along with a tone-on-tone rendering of part of Hnatyshyn's [[coat of arms]]. Two years later, a 48-minute documentary DVD examining the life of Hnatyshyn, ''A Man for all Canadians'' was released in Canada by IKOR Film.<ref>{{Citation| url=http://www.amanforallcanadians.com/| title=A Man for all Canadians| publisher=Rogers Media| access-date=February 5, 2010}}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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