Editing Douglas MacArthur (section)

==Illness and death==
[[File:MacArthur Memorial tomb.jpg|thumb|right|Tomb of Douglas and Jean MacArthur at the [[MacArthur Memorial]] in [[Norfolk, Virginia]]|alt=Rotunda with two black granite slabs inscribed with the names "Douglas MacArthur" and "Jean Faircloth MacArthur"]]
On 2 March 1964, MacArthur was admitted to [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center]] for a checkup due to stomach pains and was diagnosed with moderate jaundice. His friend, former President [[Herbert Hoover]], sent him a telegram the next day:{{blockquote|My dear Friend: From experience I can assure you the Waldorf Towers are much more desirable than any hospital, so I send warm good wishes that you'll soon be back in our neighborhood.{{sfn|MacArthur|1964|pp=372–373}}}}

MacArthur died in the hospital after surgery on 5 April 1964, of [[primary biliary cholangitis]] aged 84.{{sfn|Perret|1996|p=585}} Kennedy had authorized a [[state funeral]] before [[Assassination of John F. Kennedy|his own death]] in 1963, and Johnson confirmed the directive, ordering that MacArthur be buried "with all the honor a grateful nation can bestow on a departed hero".{{sfn|Mossman|Stark|1991|p=216}} On 7 April his body was taken to New York City, where it lay in an open casket at the [[Park Avenue Armory]] for about 12 hours.<ref>{{cite news|last=Johnston|first=Richard H. J.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/06/generals-body-will-lie-in-city.html|title=General's Body Will Lie in City|date=6 April 1964|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=27 March 2018|archive-date=5 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171005203142/http://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/06/generals-body-will-lie-in-city.html|url-status=live}}</ref> That night it was taken by train to [[Washington Union Station]] and transported by a funeral procession to the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]], where it [[lying in state#United States|lay in state]] at the [[United States Capitol rotunda]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor |title=Lying in State or in Honor |publisher=U.S. Architect of the Capitol (AOC) |access-date=1 September 2018 |archive-date=18 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518015734/https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor |url-status=live }}</ref> An estimated 150,000 people filed by the [[bier]].{{sfn|Mossman|Stark|1991|pp=225–231}}

MacArthur had requested to be buried in [[Norfolk, Virginia]], where his mother had been born and where his parents had married. On 11 April, his funeral service was held in [[Saint Paul's Episcopal Church (Norfolk, Virginia)|St Paul's Episcopal Church]] in Norfolk and his body was laid to rest in the rotunda of the [[Norfolk City Hall]].{{sfn|Mossman|Stark|1991|pp=236–253}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMSDNpGLMiU| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211114/sMSDNpGLMiU| archive-date=14 November 2021 | url-status=live|title=General Macarthur's Funeral (1964)|date=13 April 1964|publisher=[[British Pathe]]|type=includes black-and-white video footage with overlaid sound commentary 1 minute 21 seconds|access-date=3 November 2016|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104278271|title=General MacArthur Buried|date=13 April 1964|newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]]|issue=10,820|volume=38|page=3|via=National Library of Australia|access-date=4 November 2016|archive-date=20 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320170816/https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/104278271|url-status=live}}</ref>