Editing Patrick Leigh Fermor (section)

==Death and funeral==
Leigh Fermor was noted for his strong physical constitution, even though he smoked 80 to 100 cigarettes a day.<ref>[https://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21564813-biography-charmer "Travelling man: Biographer of a charmer" (review)], ''[[The Economist]]'' (20 October 2012).</ref> Although in his last years he suffered from [[tunnel vision]] and wore hearing aids and an eyepatch, he remained physically fit up to his death and dined at table on the last evening of his life.

For the last few months of his life Leigh Fermor suffered from a cancerous tumour, and in early June 2011 he underwent a [[tracheotomy]] in Greece. As death was close, according to local Greek friends, he expressed a wish to visit England to bid goodbye to his friends, and then return to die in Kardamyli, though it is also stated that he actually wished to die in England and be buried next to his wife.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05zhl3b "The Man of the Mani"], [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] (22 June 2015).</ref>

Leigh Fermor died in England aged 96, on 10 June 2011, the day after his return.<ref>[[Associated Press]].</ref> His funeral was held at St Peter's Church, [[Dumbleton]], Gloucestershire, on 16 June 2011. A Guard of Honour was provided by serving and former members of the [[Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)|Intelligence Corps]], and a bugler from the [[Irish Guards]] sounded the [[Last Post]] and [[Reveille]]. He is buried next to his wife in the churchyard there. The Greek inscription is a quotation from [[Constantine P. Cavafy|Cavafy]]<ref name=cavafy>{{Cite web |last=Boukalas |first=Pantelis |url=http://www.kathimerini.gr/718652/opinion/epikairothta/arxeio-monimes-sthles/ypo8eseis |title=Υποθέσεις |date=7 February 2010 |trans-title=Hypotheses |access-date=16 April 2019 |language=el}}</ref> translatable as "In addition, he was that best of all things, Hellenic".