Editing Enrico Berlinguer (section)

== Death and funeral ==
[[File:Sandro Pertini funerale Berlinguer.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Sandro Pertini]], the then Italian president, at Berlinguer's funeral in 1984]]
Berlinguer's last major statement was a call for the solidarity among the leftist parties. On 7 June 1984, he suffered a brain haemorrhage while giving a speech at a public meeting in Padua. He entered a coma on the same day and died on 11 June, four days later. During this time, [[Sandro Pertini]], the then Italian president, remained at the hospital with Berlinguer's family.<ref>{{cite news|last=Del Giudice|first=Antonio|date=9 June 2019|url=https://www.repubblica.it/dossier/cultura/enrico-berlinguer-35/2019/06/09/news/enrico_berlinguer_pertini_lo_ha_vegliato_fino_alla_fine-228378576/|title=Enrico Berlinguer, Pertini lo ha vegliato fino alla fine|work=La Repubblica|language=it|access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> More than a million people attended his funeral in the [[Archbasilica of St. John Lateran]] at Piazza San Giovanni, the largest funeral in Italy's history at the time. Reflecting his stature in Italian politics, the leaders of all parties paid tribute to his career and the Vatican expressed condolences.<ref>{{cite book|last=Weinberg|first=Leonard|editor-last1=Wilsford|editor-first1=David|chapter=Enrico Berlinguer and Bettino Craxi|url=https://archive.org/details/politicalleaders00wils|url-access=registration|title=Political Leaders of Contemporary Western Europe: A Biographical Dictionary|date=1995|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Connecticut|page=[https://archive.org/details/politicalleaders00wils/page/38 38]|isbn=0-313-28623-X|access-date=26 July 2016|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

Apart from all the major politicians across the political spectrum, many international figures, such as the Soviet deputy leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] and Chinese prime minister [[Zhao Ziyang]], attended his funeral. From Gorbachev and Zhao to [[Georges Marchais]], [[Santiago Carrillo]], [[Yasser Arafat]], and the Communists of the Philippines, Israel, Yugoslavia, and North Korea, to [[Giancarlo Pajetta]] and [[Pietro Ingrao]], who said that the party would not deny him and that Communists would try to carry his name, they respended him and recognised him as an international leader.<ref>{{cite news|last=Fuccillo|first=Mino|date=9 June 2019|url=https://www.repubblica.it/dossier/cultura/enrico-berlinguer-35/2019/06/09/news/enrico_berlinguer_sul_palco_lo_stato_per_l_ultimo_omaggio-228385473/|title=Enrico Berlinguer, sul palco lo Stato per l'ultimo omaggio|work=La Repubblica|language=it|access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> At his funeral, [[Tomaso Albinoni]]'s "[[Adagio in G minor]]" and [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] and [[Franz Schubert]]'s music were played.<ref name="Stabile 2019">{{cite news|last=Stabile|first=Alberto|date=10 June 2019|url=https://www.repubblica.it/dossier/cultura/enrico-berlinguer-35/2019/06/10/news/enrico_berlinguer_almirante_si_inchina_davanti_a_botteghe_oscure-228452631/|title=Enrico Berlinguer, Almirante si inchina davanti a Botteghe Oscure|work=La Repubblica|language=it|access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Much discussed, including from other parties like the DC and PSI and their representatives, such as [[Ciriaco De Mita]], who praised the Historic Compromise, and [[Rino Formica]], who said that the PCI had to decide between the left-wing alternative and the Historic Compromise, was the future of the PCI.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bonsanti|first=Sandra|date=9 June 2019|url=https://www.repubblica.it/dossier/cultura/enrico-berlinguer-35/2019/06/09/news/enrico_berlinguer_de_mita_elogia_il_compromesso-228383325/|title=Enrico Berlinguer, De Mita elogia il compromesso|work=La Repubblica|language=it|access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

After his funeral, Berlinguer was interred in Rome's [[Cimitero di Prima Porta]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Villoresi|first=Luca|date=10 June 2019|url=https://www.repubblica.it/dossier/cultura/enrico-berlinguer-35/2019/06/10/news/enrico_berlinguer_e_quella_tomba_numero_7-228445730/|title=Enrico Berlinguer e quella tomba numero 7|work=La Repubblica|language=it|access-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> His death took place six days before the [[1984 European Parliament election in Italy]]. The PCI gained a significant sympathy vote as a result, winning the most votes for the only time.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lomellini|first=Valentine|date=2015|title=European Parties and the European Integration Process, 1945–1992|chapter=The PCI and the European Integration from Eurocommunism to Berlinguer's death|location=Bern|publisher=Peter Lang|pages=159–173|isbn=978-2-87574-279-7}}</ref> His death remains controversial due to the fact he was taken back to the hotel to rest and an ambulance was called only two hours after he first fell ill. According to sociologist and journalist Rocco Turi, Berlinguer died not as a result of a cerebral stroke but for the direct responsibilities that he links to a series of delays in the same first aid operations. He said that "we are now able to deny the theses of those years. They waited too long to take Berlinguer to the hospital; after the first illness, Berlinguer was in fact transported slowly first to the hotel, and then after more than two hours an ambulance was finally called. A completely crazy choice." Additionally, Turi said that Berlinguer was not operated on as soon as he arrived at the hospital, as is commonly understood, but that he was only taken to the operating room at 1:00 pm, after about two hours spent in the hotel, and two and a half hours later from his illness in Piazza della Frutta. He tied his death to that of [[Aldo Moro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.store.rubbettinoeditore.it/rassegna-stampa/in-un-libro-nuove-ipotesi-sulla-morte-di-enrico-berlinguer/|title=In un libro nuove ipotesi sulla morte di Enrico Berlinguer (ASCA)|website=Rubettino Editore|language=it|date=24 May 2013|access-date=8 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Turi|first=Rocco|date=5 May 2014|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CxiDAwAAQBAJ|title=Storia segreta del Pci. Dai partigiani al caso Moro|language=it|publisher=Rubbettino Editore|isbn=978-88-498-4172-5}}</ref>