Editing Lyndon B. Johnson (section)

==Death==
[[File:President Richard Nixon Laying a Wreath at the Casket of Former President Lyndon Baines Johnson during the Lying in State Memorial Ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda.jpg|thumb|President [[Richard Nixon]] paying his last tributes to his predecessor, former president Johnson in 1973]]
[[File:Lyndon Baines Johnson grave cropped.jpeg|thumb|Johnson's grave]]
Johnson recorded an hour-long television interview with newsman [[Walter Cronkite]] at his ranch on January 12, 1973, in which he discussed his legacy, particularly about the civil rights movement. He was still smoking heavily, and told Cronkite that it was better for his heart "to smoke than to be nervous".<ref>{{cite news |title=In His Final Days, LBJ Agonized Over His Legacy |url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/lbjs-last-interview |access-date=April 25, 2019 |work=PBS NewsHour |date=December 4, 2012 }}</ref>

At approximately 3:40 P.M. [[Central Time Zone|Central]] on January 22, 1973, Johnson suffered his final heart attack in his bedroom. He managed to telephone the Secret Service agents on the ranch, who found him still holding the telephone receiver, unconscious and "appear[ing] to be dead".<ref name = AP>{{cite news |title=Lyndon Johnson, 36th President is Dead |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/04/12/specials/johnson-obit.html?scp=36&sq=Dead%2520presidents&st=cse |work=[[The New York Times]] |agency=Associated Press |date=January 23, 1973}}</ref> They attempted resuscitation, and Johnson was airlifted in one of his planes to [[San Antonio International Airport]], en route to [[Brooke Army Medical Center]]. However, [[cardiologist]] and [[Army colonel]] George McGranahan pronounced him [[dead on arrival]] at the airport at 4:33 P.M. Johnson was 64.<ref name = AP/>

Shortly after the former president was pronounced dead, Johnson's press secretary [[Tom Johnson (journalist)|Tom Johnson]] (no relation) telephoned Cronkite to tell him. Cronkite was anchoring ''[[CBS Evening News]]'' live at the moment Johnson reached him, which enabled him to report on President Johnson's death as he received direct information.<ref>{{YouTube|id=OmIvxbS69mA|title=From the archives: President Lyndon B. Johnson dies in 1973}}</ref> Nixon mentioned Johnson's death in a speech he gave the day after Johnson died, announcing the peace agreement to end the Vietnam War.<ref>{{cite news |title=Johnson lies in state at Capitol; burial is today at Texas ranch |first=Charles |last=Claffey |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=January 25, 1973 |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Rusk|first=Dean|editor1-first=Richard|editor1-last=Rusk|editor2-first=Daniel S.|editor2-last=Papp|title=As I Saw It|year=1990|publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]]|isbn=0-393-02650-7|location=New York|authorlink=Dean Rusk}}</ref>

===Funeral===
Johnson was honored with a [[State funerals in the United States|state funeral]]. Initially, his body [[lay in repose]] at the [[Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum|LBJ Presidential Library]] in Austin.<ref name="Capitol"/> Afterwards, Johnson's body was flown to Washington.<ref name="Capitol"/> Texas Congressman [[J. J. Pickle]] and former Secretary of State [[Dean Rusk]] [[eulogized]] him when he [[Lying in state#United States|lay in state]] at the [[United States Capitol|Capitol]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aoc.gov/nations-stage/lying-state-honor |title=Lying in State or in Honor |publisher=US Architect of the Capitol (AOC) |access-date=September 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Capitol">{{cite news |last=Foley |first=Thomas |title=Thousands in Washington Brave Cold to Say Goodbye to Johnson |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 25, 1973 |page=A1}}</ref>

The state funeral took place on January 25 at the [[National City Christian Church]] in Washington, D.C., where he had often worshiped as president. The service was presided over by President Nixon and attended by foreign dignitaries, led by [[Eisaku Satō]], who had served as Japanese prime minister during Johnson's presidency.<ref>{{cite news |title=LBJ buried near his Texas birthplace |date=January 26, 1973 |author=United Press International |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=1 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1976432632.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+26%2C+1973&author=United+Press+International&pub=Boston+Globe+(1960-1979)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=LBJ+buried+near+his+Texas+birthplace |access-date=July 6, 2017 |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131040433/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/1976432632.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jan+26%2C+1973&author=United+Press+International&pub=Boston+Globe+(1960-1979)&edition=&startpage=1&desc=LBJ+buried+near+his+Texas+birthplace |url-status=dead }}</ref> Eulogies were given by George Davis, the church's pastor, and [[W. Marvin Watson]], Johnson's last [[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] and a longtime advisor.<ref name="Funeral">{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Haynes |author-link=Haynes Johnson |author-link2=Jules Witcover |last2=Witcover |first2=Jules |title=LBJ Buried in Beloved Texas Hills |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 26, 1973 |page=A1}}</ref>

Later that same day, Johnson was buried in his family's private cemetery in Gillespie County, Texas, near the house in which he was born. [[Billy Graham]] officiated the service. He and former Texas governor Connally gave eulogies. Several hundred people were in attendance.<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnson Family Cemetery |url=https://www.nps.gov/lyjo/learn/historyculture/johnsoncemetery.htm |publisher=National Park Service, Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park |location=Johnson City, Texas |access-date=January 11, 2024}}</ref>

The state funeral, the last for a president until [[Death and state funeral of Richard Nixon|Richard Nixon's in 1994]], occurred the same week as [[Second inauguration of Richard Nixon|Nixon's second inauguration]].<ref name="MDW">{{cite news |last=Elsen |first=William A.|title=Ceremonial Group Had Busy 5 Weeks |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 25, 1973 |page=D3}}</ref> As Johnson died only two days after the inauguration,<ref name="Capitol"/><ref name="MDW"/> various activities surrounding the inauguration were canceled.<ref name="MDW"/>