Editing Dmitri Shostakovich (section)

=== Death ===
[[File:Shostakovich.jpg|thumb|upright|Shostakovich voting in the election of the Council of Administration of Soviet Musicians in Moscow in 1974 (photograph by [[Yuri Shcherbinin]])]]
Beginning in 1958, Shostakovich experienced a decline in his motor functions. He was diagnosed with a rare form of [[poliomyelitis]], although according to his son, [[Maxim Shostakovich|Maxim]], he was informed that it was [[motor neurone disease]].{{sfn|Fairclough|2019|pp=112–113}} Nevertheless, Shostakovich insisted upon writing all his own correspondence and music, even when his right hand became virtually unusable. His last work was his [[Viola Sonata (Shostakovich)|Viola Sonata]], which was first performed officially on 1 October 1975.{{sfn|Hulme|2010|p=558}}

Shostakovich, a smoker since his youth, was forced to give up the habit after having his first heart attack in 1966.{{sfn|Fay|2000|pp=251–252}} He was diagnosed with lung cancer in 1973.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rowell |first=Bryan |date=January 2024 |title=Fifty Years Ago: October 1973 – March 1974 (Illness, Fourteenth Quartet, Six Songs on Poems of Marina Tsvetayeva, Six Romances on Verses by British Poets) |journal=DSCH Journal |issue=60 |pages=41 |quote=The diagnosis of another one of Shostakovich's diseases was confirmed. In addition to poliomyelitis, he had cancer of the left lung.}}</ref> His death is variously attributed to lung cancer or heart failure.<ref name="RightNotes">{{cite web |title=The Right Notes Shostakovich and Stalin |url=https://www.therightnotes.org/shostakovich-and-stalin.html |website=www.therightnotes.org |access-date=5 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="MahlerFoundation">{{cite web |title=Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) |url=https://mahlerfoundation.org/mahler/contemporaries/dmitri-shostakovich/ |website=Mahler Foundation |access-date=5 May 2023 |date=6 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Hektoen"/>

Shostakovich died on 9 August 1975 at the [[Moscow Central Clinical Hospital|Central Clinical Hospital]] in Moscow. A civic funeral was held; he was interred in [[Novodevichy Cemetery]], Moscow.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/08/11/archives/dmitri-shostakovich-dead-at-68-after-hospitalization-in-moscow.html|title=Dmitri Shostakovich Dead at 68 After Hospitalization in Moscow|date=11 August 1975|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>