Editing Richard J. Daley (section)

==Death and funeral==
[[File:Grave of Richard Joseph Daley (1902–1976) at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, IL 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Daley's grave at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery]]

Shortly after 2:00&nbsp;p.m. on December 20, 1976, Daley collapsed on the city's [[Near North Side, Chicago|Near North Side]] while on his way to lunch. He was rushed to the office of his private physician at 900 North Michigan Avenue. It was confirmed that Daley had suffered a massive [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] and he was pronounced dead at 2:55&nbsp;p.m.; he was 74 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/12/21/archives/mayor-richard-daley-of-chicago-dies-at-74-last-of-the-bigcity.html|title=Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago Dies at 74|newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 21, 1976 |page=1 |access-date=2022-05-11}}</ref>

Daley's funeral took place on December 22 at [[Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, Chicago]], the church that he had attended since his childhood.<ref name="TenDays"/><ref name="Daley"/> Attending his funeral were [[Jimmy Carter]] (the [[President-elect of the United States|U.S. president-elect]]) and vice president [[Nelson Rockefeller]].<ref name="TenDays">{{cite web |last1=Hartzell |first1=Wesley |title=Ten Days in December –The Death of Daley |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/383974701 |via=Newspapers.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=1 November 2024 |language=en |date=January 2, 1977}}</ref> Daley is buried in [[Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Worth, Illinois)|Holy Sepulchre Cemetery]] in [[Worth Township, Cook County, Illinois|Worth Township]], southwest of Chicago.

After a several-days-long dispute over who would become Chicago's acting mayor, a deal was brokered that resulted in [[Michael A. Bilandic]] being appointed acting mayor by the city council. Similtaneously, [[George W. Dunne]] (the [[president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners]]) was chosen to be Daley's successor as chair of the Cook County Democratic Party.<ref name="TenDays"/>