Editing Yves Saint Laurent (designer) (section)

==Death ==
Saint Laurent died on 1 June 2008 of [[brain cancer]] at his residence in Paris.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7431715.stm |title=Tributes for Yves Saint Laurent |work=BBC News |date=2 June 2008 |access-date=2 June 2008}}</ref> According to ''[[The New York Times]]'',<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/world/europe/06ysl.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin France Salutes the Ultimate Couturier] New York Times.</ref> a few days prior, he and Bergé had been joined in a [[civil union|same-sex civil union]] known as a [[Pacte civil de solidarité]] (PACS) in France. When Saint Laurent was diagnosed as terminal, with only one or two weeks left to live, Bergé and the doctor mutually decided that it would be better for him not to know of his impending death. Bergé said, "I have the belief that Yves would not have been strong enough to accept that."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://the-talks.com/interviews/pierre-berge/ |title=Pierre Bergé: "Yves Died at the Right Time" |website=The Talks|date=22 February 2012 }}</ref>

He was given a [[Requiem mass|Catholic funeral]] at [[Saint-Roch, Paris|Église Saint-Roch]] in Paris.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=7504 |title=Catholic farewell for YSL |work=CathNews |date=6 June 2008 |access-date=26 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324112301/http://www.cathnews.com/article.aspx?aeid=7504 |archive-date=24 March 2012 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The funeral attendees included the former Empress of Iran [[Farah Pahlavi]], [[Bernadette Chirac]], [[Catherine Deneuve]], and President [[Nicolas Sarkozy]] and his wife, [[Carla Bruni]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.farahpahlavi.org/YVES.html |title=Empress Farah Pahlavi attends the funeral services of fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent on June&nbsp;5 |work=Farah Pahlavi website |date=5 June 2008 |access-date=15 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100703022127/http://www.farahpahlavi.org/YVES.html |archive-date=3 July 2010 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

His body was [[cremated]], and his ashes were scattered in [[Marrakech]], Morocco, in the [[Majorelle Garden]], a residence and [[botanical garden]] that he owned with Bergé since 1980 and often visited to find inspiration and refuge.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080612/world-news/yves-saint-laurents-ashes-scattered-in-marrakesh |title=Yves Saint Laurent's Ashes Scattered In Marrakesh |agency=Reuters |date=12 June 2008 |access-date=24 March 2009}}</ref> Bergé said at the funeral service (in French): "But I also know that I will never forget what I owe you and that one day I will join you under the Moroccan palms."