Editing Rafael Hernández Colón (section)

===Illness and death===
[[File:Iglesia y plaza en Vega Alta, Puerto Rico.jpg|thumb|Flags at half-mast in the [[Vega Alta barrio-pueblo|Vega Alta square]] after Hernández death on May 2, 2019]]

On December 6, 2018, Hernández Colón announced he had been diagnosed with [[leukemia]]<ref>[https://www.periodicolaperla.com/descansa-en-su-natal-ponce-el-exgobernador-rafael-hernandez-colon/ ''Descansa en su natal Ponce el exgobernador Rafael Hernández Colón.''] CyberNews. Ponce, Puerto Rico: La Perla del Sur. May 4, 2019. Accessed May 8, 2019. [https://web.archive.org/web/20211115174338/https://www.periodicolaperla.com/descansa-en-su-natal-ponce-el-exgobernador-rafael-hernandez-colon/ Archive.]</ref> in November of that year.<ref name="PH 2018">{{cite web | title=Hernández Colón confirma el diagnóstico de leucemia | website=Primera Hora | date=2018-12-06 | url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/hernandez-colon-confirma-el-diagnostico-de-leucemia/ | language=es | access-date=2022-10-17}} [https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/hernandez-colon-confirma-el-diagnostico-de-leucemia/ Archived.]</ref> Hernández Colón died on May 2, 2019, at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/70998987be6645b59b4fdf0ac6f3828c|title = Ex-Puerto Rico Gov. Rafael Hernández Colón dies at 82|work = Associated Press News|date = May 2, 2019|access-date = May 2, 2019}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20190502171227/https://apnews.com/70998987be6645b59b4fdf0ac6f3828c Archived.]</ref> He was interred at [[Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul]].{{efn| An article in "[[La Perla del Sur]]" stated he would be interred at "Cementerio Las Mercedes"<ref>[https://www.periodicolaperla.com/amigos-y-adversarios-politicos-resaltan-la-cualidad-de-hombre-de-estado-de-rafael-hernandez-colon/ ''Amigos y adversarios políticos resaltan la cualidad de Hombre de Estado de Rafael Hernández Colón''], CyberNews, 3 de mayo del 2019</ref> but this is incorrect as every other report states he was interred at Cementerio Católico San Vicente de Paul and, specifically in the Serralles Mausoleum there.}}<ref>[https://www.periodicolaperla.com/entre-aplausos-y-elogios-despiden-a-rafael-hernandez-colon-en-ponce/ ''Entre aplausos y elogios despiden a Rafael Hernández Colón en Ponce: Cientos de ponceños hicieron fila dentro y en las afueras de la Fundación Biblioteca Rafael Hernández Colón para ofrecer sus condolencias a la familia del exmandatario.''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616030510/https://www.periodicolaperla.com/entre-aplausos-y-elogios-despiden-a-rafael-hernandez-colon-en-ponce/ |date=June 16, 2022 }} Jason Rodríguez Grafal. Ponce, Puerto Rico: La Perla del Sur. Year 36. Issue 1849 (May 8 to 14, 2019). Pages 3–5. Accessed May 8, 2019.</ref> Flags were flown at half-mast by the municipalities after his death.<ref name="PH2019">{{cite web | title=Alcalde de Naranjito aclara porque banderas del desvío no estan a media asta | website=Primera Hora | date=2019-05-06 | url=https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/alcalde-de-naranjito-aclara-porque-banderas-del-desvio-no-estan-a-media-asta/ | language=es | access-date=2022-10-17|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406001545/https://www.primerahora.com/noticias/gobierno-politica/notas/alcalde-de-naranjito-aclara-porque-banderas-del-desvio-no-estan-a-media-asta/ |archivedate=2023-04-06}}</ref>