Editing Luis A. Ferré (section)

==Death and legacy==
[[File:Luis A. Ferre sculpture.JPG|thumb|left|Sculpture of Ferré inside the [[Capitol of Puerto Rico]]]]
On September 29, 2003, Ferré was hospitalized with a [[urinary tract infection]] and underwent surgery for an [[intestine|intestinal blockage]] on October 1. While in the hospital, he developed [[pneumonia]] before finally succumbing to [[respiratory failure]] on the morning of October 21, 2003. He was 99 years old.

His body lay in state in Puerto Rico's capitol building in San Juan, then transported to his museum in Ponce, before being taken for a state funeral and burial in that city. His funeral and ceremonies honoring him were attended by numerous politicians. He is interred at the Las Mercedes Memorial Park in Ponce.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120312213302/http://www.elsuralavista.com/periodico/?p=34766 ''Conmemoran Natalicio de Don Luis A. Ferré Aguayo.'']}} February 22, 2011. El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Retrieved March 31, 2011.</ref>

Among the awards that were bestowed on Luis A. Ferré was the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], an honor which was also subsequently bestowed on his sister [[Sor Isolina Ferre]].  The sculptor [[Tomás Batista]] was also commissioned to make a bust of Ferré, which is exhibited in the [[Ponce Museum of Art]].  Another [[Tomás Batista]] bust of him was unveiled by his widow, Tiody, Senate President [[Kenneth McClintock]] and Senate Vice President [[Orlando Parga]] in February, 2008 at the [[Senate of Puerto Rico]]'s Hall of Governors.

In 2004 the historic United States Courthouse and Post Office Building in Ponce, Puerto Rico was named the [[Luis A. Ferré United States Courthouse and Post Office Building]] by an Act of the U.S. Congress.

The segment of [[PR-163|Las Américas Avenue]] that includes the [[Museo de Arte de Ponce]] and the [[Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico]] was renamed the ''Luis A. Ferré Boulevard'' in November, 2010, in his honor.
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