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==Death and legacy== [[File:View of Koševo and Zetra.jpg|thumb|right|[[Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo|Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch]], formerly Olympic Hall Zetra, in [[Sarajevo]]]] Samaranch died of cardio-respiratory failure in the Hospital Quirón in [[Barcelona]] on 21 April 2010, having suffered ill health for several years prior.<ref name="ElPeriodico">{{citation|title=Juan Antonio Samaranch mor a Barcelona |newspaper=El Periódico de Catalunya |date=21 April 2010 |url=http://www.elperiodico.cat/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAT&idnoticia_PK=706689&idseccio_PK=1011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428161456/http://elperiodico.cat/default.asp?idpublicacio_PK=46&idioma=CAT&idnoticia_PK=706689&idseccio_PK=1011 |archive-date=28 April 2010 }}.</ref> As a recipient of the Gold Medal of the [[Generalitat de Catalunya]], Samaranch was laid-in-state in the [[Palau de la Generalitat de Catalunya|Palau de la Generalitat]]. His funeral mass was held in the [[Cathedral of Santa Eulalia]], on 22 April 2010 and was attended by representatives of the Spanish royal family and of the Olympic movement.<ref name="ElPeriodico"/><ref>{{citation | url = http://www.abc.es/20100421/deportes-mas-deportes-olimpiadas/samaranch-reyes-201004211849.html | newspaper = ABC | date = 21 April 2010 | title = Los Reyes y las Infantas acudirán al funeral de Samaranch | access-date = 21 April 2010 | archive-date = 1 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181001220451/http://www.abc.es/20100421/deportes-mas-deportes-olimpiadas/samaranch-reyes-201004211849.html | url-status = live }}. {{in lang|es}}</ref><ref name="statefuneral">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63L4YR20100422|title=Samaranch given state-like funeral in Barcelona|last=Rogers|first=Ian|display-authors=etal|work=Reuters|access-date=23 April 2010|date=22 April 2010|archive-date=3 May 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100503014307/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE63L4YR20100422|url-status=live}}</ref> He was buried at the [[Montjuïc Cemetery]].<ref name="statefuneral"/> After his death, in June 2010, the [[Olympic and Sports Museum Joan Antoni Samaranch|Juan Antonio Samaranch Olympic and Sport Museum]] and the [[Zetra Olympic Hall, Sarajevo|Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch]], formerly Olympic Hall Zetra, in [[Sarajevo]], Bosnia, were renamed in his honour.
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